DEFIANCE, OH (WTOL) - One person is dead after his car crashed into a tree around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Jacob Elders, 19, from Defiance, was driving on County Road 424 in Richland Township when he lost control of his car while turning a curve.
The car went off the right side of the road and stuck a tree, which caused the car to catch on fire.
Elders was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.