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Sheriff: 30-year-old man killed in Hamilton County crash

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CINCINNATI — A 30-year-old man is dead after a crash on Hamilton Avenue overnight Monday, the Hamilton County Sheriff's office said in a statement.

The sheriff's office didn't specify the exact time of the crash.

The sheriff's office found that Ronnell Payne was traveling northbound on Hamilton Avenue when he drove off the left side of the roadway into the parking lot of a gas station. There, Payne struck a tree.

Payne was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said.

The sheriff's office didn't specify where along Hamilton Avenue this happened or at what exact time.

Payne was traveling at a high rate of speed, but drugs or alcohol are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, the sheriff's office said. He was not wearing a seat belt.

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