At least 5 fatal crashes reported over the weekend

A 62-year-old Butler County woman died and another woman was injured following a head-on crash Sunday night in Montgomery County, one of at least five fatal crashes reported over the weekend in the region.

Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger identified the deceased as Sheryl Matthews of Somerville, who was pronounced dead at Miami Valley Hospital.

Deputies responded to a report of a crash just after 8:15 p.m. in the area of 7429 state Route 4 in Jefferson Twp., according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office crash report.

A Moraine woman driving a 2014 Mercedes Benz CLA250, identified as 34-year-old Tiffany Danielle Pierce, was headed north on state Route 4 when she almost struck a mailbox on the east side of the road, went left of the center line in the southbound lane, colliding head-on with a 2012 Cadillac SRX4 driven by Matthews, the report stated.

Impairment is suspected, according to deputies.

There were multiple other crashes this weekend.

A Dayton woman died in a crash Sunday evening in Dayton that also seriously injured four others, including three children.

The woman who died was identified by Harshbarger as 35-year-old Brittany V. Shanks, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash was reported around 6 p.m. at the intersection of Frederick Pike and Rivers Edge Boulevard, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.

A Kettering woman was driving a 2008 Ford Expedition south on Frederick Pike when it went off the right side of the road, causing her over-correct and drive left of center, according to Dayton police. The Expedition then hit a Buick sedan head on that was driven by Shanks.

Three children, ages 3, 5 and 10, in the Buick suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, deputies said.

The driver of the Expedition, 59-year-old Sandra Walker, also had serious injuries, police said.

Two people were killed in an ATV crash that happened around 12:50 a.m. Saturday in the 3200 block of Ballentine Pike in Springfield.

A 21-year-old driving an ATV sideswiped a second ATV, causing him to lose control, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The ATV went off the road and hit a fence before overturning. The driver and a passenger were killed in the crash.

The passenger was identified as 21-year-old Kylie Coffey by the Clark County Coroner’s Office. She was pronounced dead at Springfield Regional Medical Center.

A 14-year-old boy in Darke County died after a dirt bike crashed shortly before noon Saturday in the 9100 block of state Route 121.

Wyatt Reese of Bradford was driving a Kawasaki 250x in a ditch parallel to state Route 121 when he lost control and hit a utility pole, according to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

A Huber Heights man was killed in a crash reported just before midnight Saturday on Old Troy Pike in Riverside.

A 2015 Nissan Pathfinder going south on Old Troy Pike went left of center and hit a 2017 Chevrolet Impala heading north, according to troopers.

The driver of the Chevrolet, identified as Michael Lamar Jumper, 53, of Dayton by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Nissan, Rustam Suleymanov, 49, of Dayton was taken to Miami Valley Health with serious injuries.

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