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Man who caused Christmas crash, injuring children, pleads guilty
DAYTON — A man accused of causing a Christmas Day traffic accident that injured five children, including one girl who lost part of her leg, pleaded guilty Tuesday May 12 to four counts of vehicular assault.
Olajuwon Howard also pleaded guilty to one count of failure to stop after an accident, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. The vehicular assault charges are all third-degree felonies, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Howard, 22, will be sentenced May 26 by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Hall.
Police arrested Howard at the scene of the accident, which happened about 4:30 p.m. at Mia and Kammer avenues. The accident occurred as six people in a Pontiac Grand Am were driving along Kammer Avenue on their way to a Christmas celebration.
Howard, driving an Oldsmobile Intrigue, ran a stop sign at Mia and struck the Grand Am, which then veered into a house, doing structural damage and rupturing a gas line. Two of the children were trapped under the car.
Two of the children suffered brain injuries. Another girl, who was 7, was trapped under the car and had part of her leg amputated.
Howard has previously been convicted of trafficking heroin and cocaine, and of heroin possession.
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