Coroner identifies man dead after early morning crash in the East End

A man is dead after a crash in East End early Friday morning, police said.

The coroner has identified the victim as 35-year-old Anthony Watkins.

CPD said the crash happened at approximately 2:30 a.m. in the 4300 block of Kellogg Avenue.

According to police, a 21-year-old man was driving west in a Honda Accord on Kellogg Avenue when he made an "improper lane change." The Honda Accord crashed into Watkins who was driving a Honda Civic.

Police said this caused Watkins to "leave the runway and strike a tree."

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Police said Watkins was not wearing not wearing a seat belt at the time.

The other driver was wearing a seat belt, CPD said. He was not injured in the crash, police said.

Kellogg Avenue was closed between Wilmer Avenue and Gassaway Road but has reopened.

Speed and impairment are being investigated as potential factors.

Police are asking anyone who saw the crash to call CPD's traffic unit at 513-352-2514.

A previous version of this story said it was a single-vehicle crash.

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