BARLOW TWP. – One man is dead and a woman was hospitalized after an ATV crash on Memorial Day.

Carl B. Hall II, 47, of Cutler was pronounced dead at the scene after a 2020 Yamaha YFZ450 four-wheeler he was operating traveled off the left side of Barlow Township 268 and struck a tree on Monday, according to a release issued Wednesday evening by the Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Passenger Joyel D. Grady, 34, of Cutler, was taken to Marietta Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries, the release said. A Memorial Health System representative said Thursday she was no longer a patient there.

The crash remains under investigation, with alcohol and drugs a suspected factor, the release said.

In addition to the patrol, responding agencies included the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Barlow Volunteer Fire Department and EMS, Washington County Coroner’s Office, Dunham Volunteer Fire Department and EMS, and Secure Towing.