RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 20-year-old Lancaster man was killed Saturday afternoon when the car he was driving ran off a Vinton County road and slammed into an embankment and a tree before overturning, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Elijah Brandenburger was heading northeast on Kelly Road near Murphy Remy Road in a 1998 Toyota Camry around 3:30 p.m. Saturday when the car drifted off the right side of the roadway, troopers said. The Camry hit the embankment and a tree, then flipped.
Brandenburger was pronounced dead at the scene by Vinton County EMS personnel, the patrol said.
Troopers from the patrol’s Jackson post were assisted at the scene by Vinton County EMS, the McArthur Fire Department, the Vinton County Sheriff’s Office, a towing company and a funeral home, according to the patrol.
The crash remains under investigation, the patrol said.
