NEW DETAILS: 2 young children among injured in Dayton crash

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Four people, including two young children, were injured Friday night when a minivan crashed into a pole in Dayton.

Dayton police and crews were dispatched around 11:20 p.m. to Catalpa Drive and West Hillcrest Avenue on reports of a single-vehicle crash with injuries, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

A 2012 Dodge Caravan was headed south on Catalpa Drive, “apparently at an excessive rate of speed,” when the driver, identified as 40-year-old Emma M. Williams of Dayton, lost control while trying to make a left turn onto West Hillcrest Avenue, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.

The minivan drove over a curb and crashed into an RTA pole.

Williams was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.

A 30-year-old Harrison Twp. woman riding in the minivan also was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and two young children, a 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old girl, were taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital.

None of the passengers suffered serious injuries, the report indicated.

The crash remains under investigation.

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