A Sunday evening drive turned deadly on Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road in Union Township, Warren County, when a 51-year-old Maineville woman was killed after her car left the roadway and overturned. The vehicle struck an embankment, rolled several times, then hit a guardrail, and first responders pronounced the driver dead at the scene. Troopers are still working to determine what led up to the crash.
Troopers' account
According to Local 12, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said 51-year-old Paulette Hines of Maineville was headed west on Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road around 7 p.m. when her vehicle went off the left side of the road. The car struck an embankment, overturned several times, and then hit a guardrail. Troopers told the station that Hines was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. The Ohio State Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.
Road history and repairs
Segments of Mason-Morrow-Millgrove appear on a county high-crash map covering 2020–2024, signaling a notable concentration of collisions in recent years, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The Warren County Engineer's Office has announced a 16-week bridge replacement on the route in 2025 and has posted updates about soil borings and reopening schedules; the office said those projects required detours and are part of ongoing upgrades to county roads, per a county press release. Those construction-related detours have changed traffic patterns along the corridor in the past year.
Takeaway
Troopers say the crash remains under investigation, per Local 12. Wearing a seat belt is one of the simplest ways to reduce harm in a crash: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety notes that properly worn lap-and-shoulder belts reduce the risk of fatal injury for front-seat occupants by roughly 45 percent. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Lebanon post, troopers said.
