Update Jan. 1 at 9:49 p.m.: The driver was identified as Paul C Hodge, 74.
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Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office responded to a fatal, single-vehicle crash near Suck Creek early Saturday morning.
Officers arrived at the 2100 block of Suck Creek Road at approximately 3 a.m. and found a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria that appeared to have veered off the road and struck a large rock while traveling north.
The driver was found unrestrained and deceased. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined and the name of the deceased is being withheld until family is notified, according to a news release.