DAYTON — A woman was injured after an SUV hit her in Dayton on Thursday.
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Officers and medics responded around 9:30 a.m. on Aug.13 to a reported crash on Wilmington Avenue and Patterson Road, according to a Dayton Police spokesperson.
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An initial investigation showed that a 38-year-old man was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe and turning left from Patterson onto Wilmington.
The SUV hit a 75-year-old woman who was in the crosswalk with the walk signal. Police officials say that a cellphone distracted the driver.
Medics transported her to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Officers arrested the 38-year-old driver for vehicular assault, the spokesperson said.
The Dayton Police Department’s Traffic Services Unit is investigating the crash.
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