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The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 12:35 P.M. on Sunday afternoon, August 25, 2019, on State Route 500 east of County Road 87 in Paulding County. A 1998 Corvette, operated by Brandon Smith, age 29, of Paulding, was westbound on State Route 500 at…