PORTAGE, Ohio — A man is dead following an ATV crash in Wood County early Sunday morning.
The Wood County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident around 3:30 a.m. in the 7000 block of Cloverdale Road in Portage Township. Curtis Helman, 19, of Brunswick, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Helman was a member of the Heidelberg University football team.
"Our campus is devastated at this news," the university said in a statement. "We ask that all of us keep Curtis's family, parents Greag and Diane and sisters Brooke and Brianna, as well as his football family and his 'Berg friends in our thoughts and prayers.
"Although his time with Heidelberg was much too short, he left a positive impression on everyone he encountered, especially his Student Prince teammates."
The sheriff's office says the driver was north of the intersection of Jerry City Road when he struck a ditch bank.
A female passenger was taken to the hospital for injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
