REILY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Butler County Sheriff's investigators have located a vehicle believed to have been involved in a fatal motorcycle hit-and-run crash in Reily Township. Sheriff Richard Jones says investigators located the suspect vehicle Thursday, one day after the deadly crash on Wednesday, November 11. An initial eyewitness described the vehicle as a red Jeep Cherokee. However, another witness later came forward and described a black Jeep Cherokee. Investigators with the Sheriff's Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team reviewed footage from Flock automated license plate reader cameras, looking for a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee with damage to its rear passenger side. A vehicle matching that description was spotted entering Hamilton from State Route 129. Deputies tracked the Jeep through multiple Flock camera locations before stopping it at the intersection of State Route 177 and Old Oxford Road. The driver was detained for questioning. The Sheriff's Office says the case will be forwarded to the Butler County Prosecutor's Office for review.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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