COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 14-year-old girl is dead and a 19-year-old woman is injured after a single-vehicle crash in Perry County Friday afternoon.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at approximately 3:56 p.m. on Township Road 128. The 19-year-old woman was driving a Chevrolet Blazer with the girl as a passenger when she lost control of the vehicle.
The vehicle traveled off the road, striking an embankment and overturning.
The girl was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was taken to Genesis Hospital where she later died, according to OSHP.
The woman was wearing a seat belt and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This incident remains under investigation.
