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Alcohol suspected in crash that kills Newcomerstown man

| December 4, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 4, 2025) – State troopers say they believe alcohol was a factor in a single vehicle crash that killed a Newcomerstown man just south of town.

The State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia post says 39-year-old Howard Boor Jr. was the driver of a pickup truck southbound on Stocker Ridge Road in Oxford Township that went off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment, and then overturned into a tree at about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Boor was thrown from the truck. The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.

Troopers say the crash remains under investigation.

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