A 44-year-old man has been identified as the person killed after his pickup truck left South Union Road, slammed into a utility pole and caught fire in Jefferson Township early Monday. Joseph Fox was pronounced dead at the scene, and he was the only person inside the vehicle.
The crash was reported around 12:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of South Union Road, according to WHIO TV. When deputies arrived, they found a single-cab pickup truck fully engulfed in flames in the tree line off the roadway.
The Dayton Daily News reports the truck was traveling northbound on South Union Road when it went off the right side of the road, struck the utility pole and came to a stop in the tree line. Fox was the only person inside the truck, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet notes.
Cause of the Crash Still Unknown
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's Traffic Services Unit is continuing to investigate, per the same account. Investigators have not released any explanation for why the vehicle originally left the roadway, according to Dayton 24/7 Now.
Fox's identity was confirmed by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office, which named him as the crash victim. No further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash have been made public, and the investigation remains active.
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