WEST PARIS — A single-vehicle crash on Route 26 early Wednesday morning resulted in the death of a Woodstock man.
According to a preliminary investigation, Casey Ryerson, 35, was driving a 2006 Hyundai Elantra southbound when it drifted right, went off the road and into a ditch, Oxford County Sheriff Chief Deputy James Urquhart said.
The vehicle continued and struck two culverts. After hitting the second one, it went airborne and landed nose-down, rolling at least once. Ryerson, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle. He suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene, Urquhart said.
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 5:31 a.m. Providing assistance were the Paris Police Department, West Paris and Woodstock fire departments and PACE Ambulance.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. The road was reduced to a single lane for several hours while investigators worked.
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