SUV crashes into two poles, breaks one in hit-and-run crash

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

UPDATE @ 2:28 a.m.:

Two people fled from an SUV after it struck two Dayton Power and Light poles, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch records.

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MCRD reported that a complainant called and said that the vehicle flipped after hitting a pole and the occupants ran, but when officers arrived the vehicle was upright. The SUV has struck two poles, uprooting one, officials said.

A man and a woman were described fleeing the crash toward a nearby apartment complex.

Officers notified area hospitals to be on the lookout for people with injuries from a crash, and contacted DP&L about the damaged poles.

INITIAL REPORT

Police are investigating after an SUV struck a light pole at the intersection of Cornell Drive and North Gettysburg Avenue, leaving it broken at the base.

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Our crew on scene reported that there was a Subaru with front-end damage and a light pole lying on its side, with parts of the shattered base still sticking out of the ground.

Injury information was not immediately available.

We are working to learn more and will update this story when we have more information.

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