VANDALIA — One person is dead after a crash in northern Montgomery County on Tuesday, according to Vandalia police.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00 and 6:00, the single-car crash was reported in the 9000 block of Dog Leg Road just after 4 p.m.
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Initial reports indicate that one person was ejected and one person is trapped in the crash, a Vandalia police dispatcher said.
Police said one other person was transported to the hospital, but it’s unclear how serious their injuries are.
News Center 7’s Cody Butler talked to neighbors who said Dog Leg Road sees a lot of fast-moving traffic.
Charles Geiger has owned property on Dog Leg Road in Vandalia for decades.
He said the traffic really picked up since warehouses started being built near the airport.
“They’re coming to work and going home. And they got the mulch semi trucks and run back and forth. It’s your busy place,” he said.
It’s a trend Vandalia police have also noticed.
“Traffic moves at a very high rate of speed down this road,” Vandalia Police Sergeant Jarrod Fraley said.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol crash density dashboard showed Vandalia police have responded to several crashes along this stretch since 2021.
“We’re doing what we can at the moment to address the speeding and traffic infractions and complaints that we’ve been getting,” Fraley said.
Greiger said that for him, semi trucks are a big problem.
“I had with the semis a lot more of them improved. They take up more of the road. It doesn’t seem to bother a lot of people. I don’t know how he lost control,” he said.
Vandalia Police said this was the third deadly crash in the city this year.
News Center 7 is working to learn the victim’s identity and the cause of the crash.
We will continue to follow this story.
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