1 dead, 2 hospitalized after crash in Butler County early Friday morning

BUTLER COUNTY — One person is dead and two were hospitalized after a crash in Butler County early Friday morning.

Around 12:55 a.m. Three people were driving westbound in the 2100 block of Ross Hanover Rd when the vehicle left the road and struck a drainage ditch.

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Two people were taken to a hospital by an ambulance and one was taken by a medical helicopter with serious injuries. One person died at the hospital.

The crash is under investigation by the Butler County Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team.