WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A woman is dead after she apparently drove off the side of a Butler County road and hit a tree, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.
Police said officers were called to the 4000 block of Thomas Road in Wayne Township on Wednesday at around 5:40 p.m. When they got there, they discovered a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee had crashed into a tree, killing the woman driving it.
According to police, the 50-year-old woman was apparently driving west on Thomas Road, just east of Jacksonburg Road, when she drove off the left side of the road and crashed into a tree.
Police are not releasing her identity yet as they attempt to notify her next of kin.
The cause of the crash is still being investigated, police said.
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