Edgewood teen dies in single-car accident

An unidentified passenger was transported to hospital.

ST. CLAIR TWP. — An Edgewood High School student has become the second teen fatality this weekend.

According to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Austin Goughenour was killed after a single-car accident in the 100 block of Warwick Road at around 1 p.m. Sunday.

Goughenour was driving a 1996 Jeep Cherokee west on Warwick Road when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree.

He was transported by air to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:32 p.m.

A second unidentified Edgewood student was a passenger in the car and was transported to the Ft. Hamilton Hospital.

The accident remains under investigation by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office accident investigation unit and the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

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