FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio — A 57-year-old Lancaster man died after crashing an SUV in Fairfield County on Friday.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Carl Crist was driving a Ford Explorer southeast of County Road 33A, north of Tarkiln Road, just after 10 a.m.
Crist went off the left side of the road, into a median and lost control of the SUV. The vehicle went off the right side of the road and overturned down an embankment before stopping on its side against a tree, according to OSHP.
Crist was taken to Fairfield Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 10:50 a.m.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
