HANOVER TWP, Ohio — A 17-year-old girl is dead and a second teen is in the hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Butler County Tuesday morning, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies said that a call about the crash came in at 1:39 a.m. It happened in the 2100 block of Ross Hanover Road and involved one car, a 2014 Acura, occupied by two 17-year-old girls.
The sheriff's office said its preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was heading west on Ross Hanover Road when the driver lost control, went off the left side of the road and crashed into a tree.
The 17-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. A 17-year-old passenger was flown by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office is still investigating whether speed played a part in the crash, but investigators said they don't believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
Officials have not yet released the identity of the teen who died.
