Burham said the SUV was traveling at unsafe speeds for the weather.
“With this kind of weather and the freezing rain, you have to slow down, give yourself plenty of distance,” he said.
Burham also encouraged safety belt usage, even when sitting in the back of a vehicle.
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“Make sure you have your safety belt on, this could have been avoided,” he said. “He was taken to the hospital because he wasn’t.”
Both drivers were not injured and the passenger was taken to Miami Valley Hospital.
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