FRANKLIN COUNTY — Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler has confirmed that a 27-year-old male died in a single car accident on Sunday, February 18, 2018.

A 9-1-1 call went out after 5:15 a.m. by a passerby who said there was a single vehicle overturned off of the roadway on Route 37 North, near Whittington, just South of the Franklin/Jefferson County line road.

It appears the vehicle was traveling northbound on Route 37 and failed to negotiate a curve, striking a driveway culvert and overturning.

The 27-year-old male was found ejected from the vehicle. He was transported by ambulance to the Franklin Hospital Emergency Room where he was pronounced deceased.

The Franklin County Sheriff Department is investigating the accident. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

This was the second single-car motor vehicle accident in Franklin County with a fatality within 26 hours. A 21-year-old Mulketown man was killed in a one-car crash early Saturday morning on State Route 14.

No further information is available at this time.