Lucasville man killed in morning crash

LUCASVILLE – A Lucasville man was killed early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Scioto County.

According to the Portsmouth Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, the crash on Big Bear Creek Road near Edwards Road took place at 6:20 a.m.. William B. Stevens, 30, was driving westbound on Big Bear Creek Road in a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire when he went off the right side of the road, struck and embankment and hit a tree.

Authorities say Stevens was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Speed was determined to have been a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.