A man died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Highland County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers from the Wilmington Post responded at 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, to the crash on New Vienna Road near Gist Settlement Road.
According to the patrol, Jeffrey Harris was driving a 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck west on New Vienna Road when the truck went off the left side of the road and hit a telephone box. The truck crossed the road, went off the right side, hit a ditch, and came to rest in a farm field.
Harris was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said. A juvenile passenger in the truck was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation by the Wilmington Post.
This is a developing story. We will update as more information becomes available.
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