Police identify suspected wrong-way driver in I-75 crash that killed Mason family

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The driver police suspect of driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 and crashed head-on into another car killing three Warren County family members on St. Patrick's Day has been identified.

Moraine police identified the driver as 21-year-old Abby Michaels.

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Her Kia Forte collided with a Toyota Camry carrying Mason residents Timmy Thompson, 51, Karen Thompson, 50, and their daughter, Tessa Thompson, 10 in the southbound lanes.

According to Moraine police, Michaels was driving a car that crossed over the median in the area of the 49 mile marker in the paved turn-around and turned into oncoming traffic.

Michaels is listed in serious condition at Miami Valley Hospital, police said.

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Police had said they suspected alcohol may have been a factor in the crash. The wreck occurred between Dryden Road and South Dixie Drive around 8 p.m. Sunday in a wreck that backed up traffic for hours, authorities said.

The Thompsons were the latest victims of area wrong-way interstate crashes, which have claimed at least a dozen area lives in roughly the past three years.

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