WARREN TWP., Ohio -  State Troopers suspect that alcohol may have been a factor in a crash that claimed the life of a  Newton Falls man early Monday.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 64-year-old Richard Martin died when the car he was driving went off North River Road, west of North Park Road in Warren Township shortly before 3 a.m.

The car struck a culvert and turned over.

The patrol says Martin was not wearing a seat belt.