STARKE COUNTY, Ind. -- Starke County Sheriff's Office have confirmed that one person is dead following a single-vehicle crash.

At approximately 9:58 p.m. on May 7, deputies along with personnel from the Knox Fire Department, Bass Lake Fire Department, and Starke County EMS, responded to the area of Toto Road and County Road 300 East regarding a single-vehicle crash.

Upon arrival, emergency responders located a red 2008 Saturn Vue off the north side of the roadway, resting against a tree.

Deputies located an unresponsive man inside the vehicle. Life-saving measures were attempted by deputies and Starke County EMS personnel, but the driver was pronounced dead on scene.

The driver has been identified as 56-year-old John P. Bochnicka Jr. of Knox.

The crash remains under investigation.