8 people injured after minivan goes off I-75 in Miami County

Eight people were injured Saturday morning after a minivan with Michigan plates went off the road on southbound Interstate 75 in Spring Creek Twp. in Miami County.

Bimenyimana Rwagawore, 23, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was driving a 2019 Dodge Caravan around 4:45 a.m. on I-75 when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, went across an access road at the Piqua Country Club and struck a guardrail and several more trees, according to a release from the Piqua Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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Rwagasore and seven passengers were taken to the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy with non-life-threatening injuries.

Piqua Fire and EMS, Fletcher Fire, Sidney EMS and Jim’s Towing also assisted.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.