FAIRFIELD COUNTY — A juvenile passenger died after a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Fairfield County, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded at about 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, to a single-vehicle crash with injuries near 8060 Refugee Road NW, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies found that the vehicle had veered off the roadway to the right and struck a tree head-on, according to the sheriff’s office.
The adult female driver was transported by medics to Mount Carmel East for treatment, and two juvenile passengers were transported by medics to Children’s Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Franklin County Coroner’s Office later notified the sheriff’s office that one of the juvenile passengers was pronounced deceased at Children’s Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office. The second juvenile passenger has since been discharged from the hospital, and the adult female driver remains hospitalized, according to the sheriff’s office.
The crash remains under investigation by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, and no additional information is available at this time, according to the sheriff’s office.
