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44-year-old woman hospitalized after getting trapped inside vehicle in Dayton crash

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DAYTON — A 44-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with a serious injury after firefighters had to use tools to remove her from her car following a crash in Dayton Tuesday night.

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The crash occurred in the 1800 block of Germantown Pike, near the old Desoto Bass apartments, after 9 p.m., according to a Montgomery County dispatch supervisor.

A 52-year-old man traveling west on Germantown Pike in a Chevrolet Suburban swerved into the other lane, crashing head-on into a woman traveling east in a BMW, according to the crash report.

The BMW was knocked off the road, and a Kia Optima traveling east then rear-ended the Suburban.

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The driver and a 53-year-old passenger in the Suburban were taken to Kettering Health Dayton with possible injuries.

The driver refused drug and alcohol testing, but officers suspect he was under the influence, according to the crash report.

The woman driving the BMW was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with a suspected serious injury.

The woman was trapped in her car, and firefighters had to use tools to remove her from the vehicle, according to a post by Dayton Police & Fire.

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