Area driver killed after losing control of vehicle, hitting utility pole

BUTLER COUNTY — An area driver has died after a crash early Friday morning.

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Deputies responded just after 1:30 a.m. to Millville Avenue and Wencella Drive after a vehicle hit a utility pole, according to a Butler County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

When medics arrived, a male driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was the only occupant in the vehicle.

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An initial investigation showed that the vehicle went east on Millville Avenue near Wencella Drive when it lost control and went off the road.

The vehicle hit a utility pole. Deputies suspect speed and alcohol as factors in the crash, the spokesperson said.

The Butler County Coroner’s Office has not identified the driver.

The crash remains under investigation.

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