UPDATE @ 12:10 a.m. (April 30):
The driver who was ejected in a single-car crash Friday night was identified as 24-year-old Guilian Stegall of Middletown, according to Sgt. Dexter Howard of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Hamilton Post.
The crash happened sometime before 9 p.m. on South Main Street near 17th Avenue.
“What we have is a vehicle traveling northbound on Main Street at a very high rate of speed, traveling without headlights on. The vehicle lost control near 17th Avenue; he drove of the right side of the roadway and struck a guardrail and the driver of the vehicle ejected at that time,” Howard said.
The driver was not wearing a seatbelt, the sergeant said.
Speed was a factor, he said, and it’s still under investigation whether drugs and alcohol are involved.
UPDATE @ 11 p.m.
A man was arrested tonight at the crash scene after he drove his pickup through the yellow crime scene tape.
Troopers escorted him away from the crash site and were seen asking him to perform tasks to determine whether he was intoxicated.
The Butler County Coroner’s Office is now on scene.
UPDATE @ 10:30 p.m.
A driver who was ejected in a crash was killed at the scene of the crash at 16th Avenue and South Main Street.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the single-car crash, and the Butler County Coroner’s Office was not yet on scene. The driver’s body is on the ground, with a sheet draped over the body. There is no word on the driver’s age or gender, or what led to the crash.
FIRST REPORT
Troopers are on scene tonight of a fatal crash at 16th Avenue and South Main Street.
At least one person is killed in the crash reported shortly before 9 p.m.
We are on the way and will update this report as we learn details.
