ROSS TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) -
A crash in Butler County has claimed the life of a 20-year-old man and critically injured two teenagers.
The single car crash happened just around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night on Hamilton-Cleves Road, near the Hamilton and Ross Township line.
Police say Tim Phillips, 18, of Hooven, was operating a red Buick Centurion northbound when he failed to negotiate a curve, went off the right side of the roadway and struck a telephone pole.
Phillips and a passenger, Robert Young, 18, of Harrison, were flown to the hospital via Air Care and are in critical condition.
Another passenger, Chad Baker, 20, of Hamilton, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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