Dayton native injured in Mardi Gras parade crash

A Dayton-area native is recovering from injuries she sustained when a car crashed into a crowd of Mardi Gras spectators in New Orleans Saturday night.

Kaitlin Greetham, a former Bellbrook Jr. High student, was among a group of nearly two dozen people who were injured while attending the Krewe of Endymion parade.

Kaitlin posted on her Facebook page, “I am OK,” that she was on pain medication at the hospital and awaiting test results.

Greetham's mother told this news outlet her daughter was injured when a truck drove into the crowd. Her mother says Greetham is conscious and alert as the family awaits x-ray and scan results.

Greetham, who has worked as a nurse in New Orleans since the early 2000s, took to Facebook Saturday night to let friends now she is alright and recovering in the hospital. Greetham has family living in the Dayton area.

Members of a local high school band were also performing during an unrelated Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans Saturday night.

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