A Fairbanks student is dead and officials are continuing to investigate after a one-vehicle crash Saturday.
Blake Gorton, 16, of Woodstock, died at the scene of the crash.
According to a report from the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at 10:58 p.m., Saturday, Gorton was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado, southwest on U.S. 36 near Connor Road in Union County.
The report said a preliminary investigation revealed Gorton “crossed the center line and traveled off the left side of the roadway.”
“The Silverado struck a guardrail end causing it overturn as it continued down an embankment and became submerged in Treacle Creek,” according to the report.
“Gorton succumbed to fatal injuries as a result of the crash,” according to the report.
Lance Emberling, lead investigator with the Union County Coroners Office, said the office is “waiting on autopsy results” to determine if Gorton died as a result of injuries from the crash or drowned as a result of being submerged in the creek.
Emberling said the crash is “still under investigation.”
Officials from the Highway Patrol confirmed “the crash remains under investigation.”
In addition to the Union County Coroner’s Office, the Union County Sheriff’s Office as well as Marysville Division of Fire and the Mechanicsburg Fire Department assisted the patrol at the scene.