Police investigate fatal crash in West Chester Township

WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A woman is dead after a motorcycle and a vehicle collided early Sunday morning in West Chester Township.

Police were dispatched to State Route 747 between Duff and Devit roads and the Butler County Coroner was called in around 2:15 a.m., according to Barb Wilson, a spokeswoman for the West Chester Police Department.

Wilson says the driver of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The woman, who was a passenger on the motorcycle, was pronounced dead, she said.

That section of SR 747 was shutdown for hours, but reopened at 6:30 a.m.

Wilson says both the woman and the driver were wearing helmets when the crash took place.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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