KETTERING — The driver who died after crashing his truck into a Kettering home on the Fourth of July has been identified.
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News Center 7’s John Bedell is working to learn more about Friday’s crash. He’ll have the latest tonight on News Center 7 at 6:00
Tadeo Gatewood, 37, was identified by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office on Monday.
As previously reported, Gatewood died in a crash on Marshall Road on Friday morning.
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Kettering Police and medics were dispatched just before 6:50 a.m. to the 4200 block of Marshall Road on reports of a vehicle into a building.
Doorbell camera video obtained by News Center 7 showed a gray truck, driven by Gatewood, running off the road and smashing into a tree before hitting a home.
Police confirmed Gatewood died at the scene.
After the crash, the doorbell video shows a white truck shortly after turning left. News Center 7 noticed white paint scraped onto the driver’s door of the gray truck.
A spokesperson for Kettering Police told News Center 7 on Monday that a possible suspect who was also involved in the crash has been identified.
The crash remains under investigation.
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