DAYTON — A 23-year-old woman was seriously injured after a car hit a utility pole in Dayton on Wednesday night.
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Officers and medics responded around 7:45 p.m. to the area of Linden and Kolping Avenues on a reported crash, according to a Dayton Police spokesperson.
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An initial investigation showed that a white Cadillac Deville was going west on Linden Avenue. It went off the right side of the road and hit a utility pole head-on.
Three people were in the car at the time of the crash.
Medics transported the woman to a local hospital in critical condition. She was unrestrained in the backseat. The driver, a 32-year-old man, sustained minor injuries, the spokesperson said.
Another passenger left the vehicle and the crash scene before officers arrived.
Drugs are considered a possible cause for the crash, according to the spokesperson.
The Dayton Police Department’s Traffic Services Unit is investigating the crash.
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