Justice · Fatal pickup crashJefferson Township pickup crash: Driver dies after truck hits pole and burnsAired October 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTCWritten October 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A driver died after a pickup left the road, struck a pole and caught fire.0:11The driver was the truck's only occupant.0:13Deputies found the pickup engulfed in flames in a tree line.0:17Investigators still need to determine why the truck left the road.0:19The crash happened in the 2100 block of South Union Road in Montgomery County, Ohio.0:25It happened early Monday, October 19, 2026, in Jefferson Township.0:30Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies responded to a vehicle fire around 1229 that0:34morning.0:35That's the approximate response time.0:37The collision happened before deputies found the burning truck.0:39Deputies found a single cab pickup fully engulfed in flames in the tree line beside0:43the road.0:44They determined that the driver was dead.0:46The sheriff's office says nobody else was inside the truck.0:48The pickup was traveling northbound.0:50The sheriff's office says its preliminary investigation found the truck went off the0:55right side of the road, struck a utility pole, and stopped in the tree line.0:59The truck caught fire after the crash.1:01Investigators haven't explained what started the fire.1:04The preliminary reconstruction traces the vehicle's movement, but the reason it went1:07off the road is still unknown.1:09The driver's name hasn't been released.1:11The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's Traffic Services Unit is continuing the1:14investigation into the fatal crash.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗