Dayton police crash: Recruit seriously injured after pickup hits cruiser

Credit: Jim Noelker

Credit: Jim Noelker

“The three police recruits suffered injuries as a result of the crash, one of which is considered serious,” Afzal said.

The recruits and supervisor were conducting traffic enforcement laser training. The recruit who was seriously injured was outside the cruiser at the time of the crash, the chief said.

The recruits were made up of two men and a woman, with one of the men seriously injured. The recruit class is scheduled to graduate in mid-November, Afzal said.

The police supervisor along with the pickup driver and passenger also were injured.

All six crash victims were taken to Miami Valley Hospital for treatment, the chief said.

The crash shut down the southbound lanes of state Route 4 at Interstate 75, a little more than a mile beyond Huffman Dam Road, the Ohio Department of Transportation posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The lanes reopened by 5:45 p.m.