Crash closes Wagner Ford intersection, knocks out power

DAYTON — The intersection of Wagner Ford Road and Webster Street was shut down early Friday morning, May 21, after an automobile accident.

The accident was reported about 3:10 a.m.

The intersection was still closed as of 6:50 a.m. while deputies investigated what caused the accident.

WHIO-TV reported that at least one person was taken to a local hospital after he slammed his SUV into a utility pole.

The driver suffered minor injuries.

The impact caused the pole and wires to be knocked down.

As of 7:20 a.m., there were 66 Dayton Power & Light customers in the area of the crash without power, according to Lesley Sprigg, Dayton Power & Light’s director of corporate communications.

No other information about the crash was immediately available.