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Elderly woman killed in Groton Township crash

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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash out of Groton Township.

81 year-old Ruth Robinson, from Sandusky, struck a small post and railroad tracks on Friday.

Her car went airborne and rolled over in a nearby cornfield.

The woman was taken to Cleveland Metro Hospital by life flight where she died Friday night.

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