PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One person is dead and two others were taken to the hospital after a crash in Pierce Township Friday afternoon, officials said.

Pierce Township police first confirmed that a call about a crash in the 1410 block of SR-749, near the intersection with Mt. Pisgah Road, came in at around 3:15 p.m. Friday.

Ohio State Highway Patrol began handling the investigation, determining that a driver traveling eastbound on SR-749 went off the right side of the road, hitting two utility poles and rotating before coming to a stop.

Both the driver and a passenger seated in the back seat were taken by EMS to UC Medical Center. A front-seat passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. They were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

Officials said Air Care was called to th

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