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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
At least four injured in multi-vehicle accident
DAYTON - Police said the driver of a van caused a two-vehicle accident at Huffman Avenue and Fifth Street this afternoon, Nov. 11, that sent four people to the hospital and closed the intersection in all directions.
At least one of the cars involved in the accident caught fire and woman was ejected from a Chevy Camaro, police said. All four people involved in the accident suffered non-life threatening injuries and were treated at Miami Valley Hospital, police said.
The male driver of the van, who has not been identified, ran a red light at the intersection and crashed into the Camaro which contained three women, Lt. Larry Faulkner said.
The accident shut down the intersection for more than 30 minutes and closed portions of East Fifth Street for nearly two hours, police said.
Alcohol and/or drugs were not a factor in the crash, police said.
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DAYTON - Police are trying to sort out who was behind the wheel of a blue Chevy Caprice that struck a Dayton City Schools bus full of children and fled the scene.
Officers responded to the intersection of Kings Highway and DeWitt Avenue about 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, on the report of a bus struck by a car that ran a stop sign and then fled the scene, according to a police report.
Bus driver Lee Wilson told officers he was talking to the man driving the blue Caprice, when the driver said he was going to turn the car around, the report stated.
Students on the bus watched as the driver got in the car and took off. Officers found the vehicle nearby at 1808 DeWitt Ave. with a man standing beside it, the report stated.
The students said the man, Michael Thornton who is the owner of the car, was not the driver when it struck the bus. Despite witness statements Thornton insisted that he was the driver, the report stated.
Marquasha Stewart claimed to be the front-seat passenger in the the car at the time of the accident and said Thornton was the driver, the report stated.
After pressing Thornton for more details, the man admitted to police he was not the driver. Stewart insisted he was, but based on Wilson’s statement and the students on the bus, officers determined Thornton was not the driver.
Neither Stewart nor Thornton have been charged in the accident, the report stated. Police are still investigating the accident.
The students on the bus were treated for minor injuries, the report stated.
No additional suspects were listed in the police report.
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DAYTON - Police are looking for a teenager who robbed a Mike-Sells Potato Chips delivery driver at the Express Foods convenience store Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The driver 51-year-old James Montgomery, said he was unloading chips about 5 p.m. at 2050 N. Gettysburg Ave. when a teenager in a black hooded sweatshirt approached and pulled a gun, according to a police report.
The gunman demanded money, grabbed Montgomery’s jacket and took $89 in cash from a pocket, the report stated. Montgomery described the suspect as a 15-year-old black male, about 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, the report stated.
He said the gunman took off running toward the Cornell Ridge Apartments. Montgomery immediately called police and told officers at the scene there was surveillance video of the robbery, the report stated.
A K-9 unit was called to the scene and led officers down a dirt trail near the apartment complex, the report stated. But the dog lost the suspect’s scent near one of the apartment buildings.
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call 333-COPS.
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