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[email protected] Troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol continue to investigate a one-vehicle crash on County Road 49 that claimed the life of Ryan Christopher Reynolds, 18, of Russells Point, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was a passenger in a car of students en route home from school, according to various sources, and officials from three local districts are addressing the matter with students today. Huntsville, Bellefontaine, BMRT and Richland Township fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene north of Township Road 108. Troopers report a northbound sport-utility vehicle driven by Joshua Keith Love, 18, of Belle Center, slid off the right side of a snow-covered portion of the road, veered sideways and overturned on its side as it struck a tree. Ryan was in the front passenger seat and was pro- nounced dead at the scene. The driver was transport- EXAMINER PHOTO | JOEL MAST ed to Mary Rutan Hospital with visible injuries for EXAMINER PHOTO | T.J. HUBBARD Flags at the Ohio Hi-Point which he was treated and released. Troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash Wednesday on Career Center flew at half-staff Three passengers in the back seat were seriously County Road 49.