Lucas was driving a 2012 BMW X5 when it crashed into a tree in the median on Riverside Drive, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.
The Dayton Fire Department also was at the scene and put out several fires in the road caused by the crash, police added.
It was one of two double-fatal crashes reported Monday in the Miami Valley.
Around 11 a.m., the left rear tandem tires came off a flatbed trailer hauled by a semi truck and went into the Interstate 75 North lanes in Miami County near the Montgomery County line. The tires hit a Dodge Caravan and then a Chevrolet Express, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The driver of the Chevrolet, 77-year-old David Wright, of Franklin, and a passenger, 72-year-old Jon Weidel, of Brookville, died from injuries at the scene, according to OSHP.
Two other passengers in the Chevrolet were taken to Miami Valley Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. A fourth passenger in the Chevrolet was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center with no injuries, according to troopers.
Both crashes remain under investigation.
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