WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio — A teenager is dead after being hit by a pick-up truck while riding a bicycle.
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Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Wooster Post were dispatched to Smithville Western Road near Ogden Road in Wayne County on reports of a crash between a bicycle and a vehicle, CBS affiliate WOIO-19 reported.
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A Ram 1500 was traveling eastbound on Smithville Western Road when it struck a teenager who was also traveling eastbound on a bicycle.
The teen and the bicycle traveled off the northside of the roadway as a result of the crash, WOIO-19 reported.
The driver of the ram remained on scene until police arrived.
The teen, a 14-year-old boy from Wooster, was taken to Wooster Community Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, WOIO-19 reported.
The driver of the Ram, identified as 30-year-old Robert Ross, of Ashland, Ohio, was not injured.
Drugs and alcohol are not suspected as factors in the crash, WOIO-19 reported.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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