HUBER HEIGHTS — Law enforcement continues to investigate a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 in Huber Heights that killed three people early Sunday.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference on Tuesday.
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They said the 55-year-old at-fault driver was at a bar before the crash. He then went the wrong way on I-70.
As News Center 7 previously reported, Huber Heights police were called to the crash on I-70 eastbound near Brandt Pike around 1:13 a.m. Sunday.
The 55-year-old driver hit two vehicles, seriously injuring one driver and killing another driver and their passenger, the sheriff’s office said on Tuesday.
The at-fault driver also died.
News Center 7’s Xavier Hershovitz says the investigators are trying to figure out why the crash happened.
“We’re talking about engines and transmissions sitting on the highway in lanes of travel,” said Major Jeremy Roy, chief of staff with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “So, when I say this is catastrophic, I don’t know how else to explain it.”
Hershovitz says they are looking into the at-fault driver.
“They’re going to go back and kind of dig into the history, interview people, do social media warrants, all the things that they need to see, again, what was his behavior leading up to this? What was his state of mind?” said Roy.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office has not released the names of the people involved in the crash.
News Center 7 spoke to the owner of The Last Queen, who identified the victims as an employee at the restaurant, Nevin Vince, and his girlfriend, Natalie.
“I think we’re in shell shock,” Adrian Shergill, said in an interview with News Center 7’s Mike Campbell.
We will continue to follow this story.
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