Butler County Sheriff's Office

[Public Info Officer]

For Immediate Release…. December 3, 2007

Fatal Crash in Milford Township

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones reports Deputies and emergency rescue personnel responded to State Route 177 near Earhart Rd. in north-western Milford Township around 6:45 this morning for a two-vehicle crash. The preliminary investigation indicates that Bobbie D. Rose, age 28, of New Castle, IN, was driving a 1995 Saturn southbound on S.R. 177, when he crossed left of center and directly into the path of a northbound 2006 Pontiac driven by John Sander, age 44, of Hamilton, with the vehicles colliding head-on.

A passenger in the Saturn, Matthew Orcutt, age 21, New Castle, IN, was pronounced dead at the scene. A second passenger in the Saturn, Jeremy Kidd, age 20, also of New Castle, IN, was transported by Care Flight to Miami Valley Hospital. Rose was transported by squad to McCullough-Hyde Hospital in Oxford, then transferred by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Mr. Sander was transported by squad to Fort Hamilton Hospital, Hamilton. The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office and the Butler County Coroner’s Office.

Prepared by: Sgt. Monte Mayer
Public Information Officer