Police will pursue OVI charge against driver in Xenia work van crash

UPDATE @ 5:08 p.m.: A 27-year-old West Carrollton man is being charged with OVI and failing to maintain reasonable control of a vehicle in the Monday morning crash near North Detroit and East Main streets, Xenia police said.

Police are continuing to investigate what Jon Holmes was using or had been using to cause them to pursue the OVI charge. Police did confirm a witness statement that huffing -- sniffing fumes (from gasoline or solvents, for example) for a euphoric effect -- may have been involved.

He was driving a McAfee work van at the time of the accident.

Two of the three people injured in the accident were bystanders hit by flying debris, police said. Their conditions are not known.

At last check, Holmes was bring treated at a hospital. The injuries to all three are said to be non-life threatening, police said.

UPDATE @ 2:05 p.m. 

Police are investigating if the driver of a McAfee work van was impaired when they crashed into a pole, bench, and building Monday, according to Xenia Police Capt. Steve Lane.

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Greene County Treasurer Dick Gould told our crew he was one of the first to arrive on the scene after the van crashed into a pole, bench, and building. Gould said he found the driver was holding a can of compressed air.

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Police said they are continuing to investigate the reports from witnesses in the aftermath of the crash.

Two pedestrians sitting on the bench when the crash occurred were injured, but Lane said it was still under investigation if they were hit by the vehicle or were hit by debris from the crash.

The driver, along with the pedestrians, were transported to area hospitals for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

We are working to contact McAfee for comment on the incident.

FIRST REPORT

Three people were hospitalized after a work van hit a pole and crashed into a bench where two people were sitting near the Greene County Treasurer’s Office in Xenia Monday.

The crash occurred near the intersection of North Detroit and East Main streets around 11:45 a.m. Monday.

The work van crashed into a lamp post, hit a bench were two people were sitting, then came to a stop after grazing the building of the Greene County Treasurer’s Office, investigators said.

The two pedestrians and the driver were transported to area hospitals for treatment, but their conditions were not immediately known.

It was not known what caused the driver to lose control.

We’ll update this page as we learn more.