4 hospitalized, including 1 child after multi-vehicle crash in Greene County

Crash SR 72 N Greene County (Nebyat Mamo/Staff)

GREENE COUNTY — Four people, including one child, were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash in Greene County on Sunday.

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Around 10:36 a.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) troopers with the Xenia Post were dispatched to the intersection of State Route 72 North and South River Road on reports of a three-vehicle crash, according to an OSHP dispatcher.

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According to Trooper Walter Greene with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a van was going southbound on SR-72 when it slowed to turn onto South River Road.

A Silver Pontiac that was behind the van failed to stop and rear-ended the van.

Trooper Greene told News Center 7 that this caused a chain reaction and a pickup truck that was traveling northbound was also struck.

Three people were taken to Soin Medical Center, and a child was taken to Dayton Children’s, according to the OSHP.

Details on their injuries were not immediately available.

The Driver of the Pontiac was uninjured and found to be at fault for the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Crash SR 72 N Greene County (Nebyat Mamo/Staff)

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