FRANKLIN COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal truck fire in Franklin County.
Just before 4a.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies were dispatched to report of a vehicle fire in the 2800 Block of Vermont Road in rural Franklin County, according to Sheriff Jeff Richards.
First responders found a Toyota T100 pickup in the ditch on the east side of the road fully engulfed in flames. Cutler Township Fire responded and quickly extinguished the blaze. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no others in the truck.
Sheriff's department investigators determined the vehicle was southbound and traveled off the east side of the road, rolled and caught fire. The sheriff's office has not released the victim's name.