WEATHERSFIELD TWP., Ohio - One person is dead following a fatal car crash on the evening of Wednesday, December 24.

According to a release by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, officers responded to a two-car crash at 10:25 p.m. on Salt Springs Road in Weathersfield Township.

The release states that 31-year-old Jonathan Stapleton of Niles was driving westbound on Salt Springs Road when 19-year-old Elly Wright, who was going eastbound, crossed left of center and struck Stapleton's vehicle.

Stapelton was killed in the crash, and Wright was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash is under investigation.