OLIVER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One person is dead after officials said he drove off the side of the road and hit a utility pole in Adams County Monday morning.
Ohio State Highway Patrol said a preliminary investigation found that 56-year-old Robert W. Scott of West Union was driving westbound on Wheat Ridge Road in Oliver Township at around 11:20 a.m. when he drove off the left side of the road and hit a utility pole. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Scott was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, OSHP said.
OSHP's Georgetown Post is investigating the crash.
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