MORGAN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Two people are dead after a crash early Saturday morning in Morgan Township, the Butler County Sheriff's Department said.
At approximately 12:15 a.m., road patrol deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Chapel Road and Layhigh Road for a crash involving two vehicles, the sheriff's department said.
Upon arrival, the deputies found one of the vehicles was on fire and its occupant trapped. The second vehicle, determined to be at fault, had heavy front-end damage, deputies said. Deputies said each vehicle had a single occupant.
The Butler County Coroner's Office said 26-year-old Christopher Charles Bowen of Oxford and 72-year-old James Paul Schallick of Cincinnati were pronounced dead just after 3 a.m. Saturday.
It is undetermined at this time if alcohol or drugs were a factor, deputies said. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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