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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath and Graig Graziosi

27-year-old bank worker’s body found in rubble of massive Ohio explosion

RON FLAVIANO via REUTERS

The body of a 27-year-old Chase Bank employee has been recovered from the rubble after a gas explosion destroyed the first floor of a building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio.

The body was found in the Realty Building’s basement on Wednesday morning around 12.30am, Mayor Tito Brown said at a press conference on Wednesday. The worker has been identified as Akil Drake, 27, by the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office.

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