WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Wood County, according to the sheriff's office.

The crash happened around 9:39 a.m. on State Route 235 near Hammansburg Road in Jackson Township.

The sheriff's office said William Springer, of Weston, was driving a Chevrolet Avalanche north on State Route 235 south of Hammansburg Road when the vehicle crossed the center line and entered a field before striking a creek embankment head-on.

Springer was pronounced dead at the scene. His age was not provided in a press release. No one else was in the vehicle, the sheriff's office said.

According to the sheriff's office, alcohol is not suspected in the crash. The crash remains under investigation.

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