Marquez Paguay was driving a light blue 2006 Chrysler Town & Country minivan around 7 a.m. July 15 east on state Route 73 near Clarksville Road in Wayne Twp. when he went left of center and crashed head-on into a red 2017 Chevrolet Equinox sport-utility vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The impact caused the small SUV to go off the north side of the road and into a tree, according to a crash report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lebanon Post.
Alcohol was suspected as a factor in the crash, the report stated.
Marquez Paguay and a 51-year-old Dayton man riding in his minivan were taken with serious injuries to Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, where another passenger, a 23-year-old Dayton man also was taken with injuries believed to be minor. A third passenger, a 41-year-old Dayton man, also suffered serious injuries in the crash and was taken to Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville.
The driver of the Equinox, a 47-year-old Hillsboro woman, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital South with minor injuries, according to the report.
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