Houston’s blood alcohol level was 0.146, in excess of the state’s 0.08 legal driving limit, during the Aug. 1 crash in the 2000 block of Catalpa Drive in Dayton, a Dayton Police Department traffic crash report stated.
Houston was driving a tan 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis at 3 a.m. when he did not stop with an assured clear distance ahead and struck two pedestrians near the intersection at Shelton Avenue, according to the report.
The pedestrians were a 25-year-old Dayton woman who was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and a 13-year-old Dayton girl who was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital, both with serious injuries.
The Grand Marquis then struck the rear of a parked black 2016 Nissan Rogue. Three children were in back of the SUV — two girls, ages 7 and 6, and a 3-year-old boy — but none was injured, according to the report.
An arrest warrant was issued at the time of his indictment, and Houston was booked Thursday morning into the Montgomery County Jail.
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