DAYTON — Two people were hurt after a crash at a Dayton intersection on Tuesday evening.
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News Center 7’s Taylor Robertson talked to a man who watched the two pickup trucks slam into each other LIVE on News Center 7 at 11:00.
The crash was reported at Linden Avenue and Xenia Avenue around 5:30 p.m.
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Crime scene tape blocked off the intersection for about two hours as Dayton police spoke with witnesses and waited for tow trucks to come get the pickup trucks involved.
Mike Yount was just behind the truck driving on Linden Avenue when the crash happened.
He said they were driving through a green light.
“We were probably going about 35 miles an hour. So the lady had stopped in front of the guy and he ran right into her,” Yount said. “She was turning left onto Xenia Avenue and must of not been paying attention or whatever you know.”
“The guy didn’t have a chance to stop, but he tried to stop,” Yount added.
Yount said he stopped his car and pulled over.
“Both airbags went out in both trucks, and there was a bunch of cars around, and everybody just tried to go up and help them out of their trucks, you know, make sure everybody was ok,” he said.
Yount first checked on the man in the truck that was in front of him.
“He was having trouble breathing, yeah, I guess he had lung problems. So I ran in there and got him out of his truck because it was smoking pretty bad in there, and the airbags were like... the gas from the airbags was messing with his lungs and stuff,” Yount said. “The lady was pregnant and took the guy to the hospital. Hope they are ok.”
A Montgomery County dispatch supervisor told News Center 7 that two people were hospitalized, but couldn’t provide details on the severity of their injuries.
“I’ve driven down the street many, many times. I’m 57, so I’ve driven in this area for a long time, but that’s a very bad turn right there,” Yount said.
News Center 7 has reached out to Dayton police to learn more information.
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