LEBANON, Ohio — A Lebanon teen is dead after a car crash in Warren County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Shawn Mitchell, 17, was driving southbound on Hart Road around 3 a.m. Monday when he lost control near Miller Road, investigators said. According to OSHP, Mitchell's 2002 Honda Civic drove off the left side of the road and struck a tree.
Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the crash.
Lebanon City Schools Superintendent Isaac Seevers said in an e-mail to families that Mitchell was going to be a senior at Warren County Career Center, where he was part of the sports medicine program. Mitchell previously attended Lebanon High School where he participated in wrestling, track and cross country.
"His teachers described him as a sweet and bright young man with big plans for his future," Seevers said. "He loved working out and keeping fit, and recently expressed the goal of becoming a powerlifter."
The district said counselors will be available at both the Warren County Career Center's main campus and atrium campus Tuesday morning.
"(Shawn) will be remembered as a delightful young man and a blessing to our school community," said Seevers.
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