Services set for teen who dies in Dayton go-kart crash

Lucas Ryan Hamilton. Photo courtesy GoFundMe

Lucas Ryan Hamilton. Photo courtesy GoFundMe

A teen who crashed a go-kart Monday evening in a Dayton neighborhood has succumbed to his injuries.

The crash victim was identified Tuesday afternoon as 18-year-old Lucas Ryan Hamilton by Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger.

Dayton officers were dispatched after 5:50 p.m. to the 1100 block of Kemper Avenue after Hamilton crashed a small racing car into the rear of a parked Ford F-150 pickup truck, according to a crash report filed Friday by the Dayton Police Department.

Hamilton, of Dayton, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died of his injuries within a half hour of the crash, according to the coroner’s office.

Visitation for Hamilton is from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 at Newcomer Funeral Home, 3380 Dayton Xenia Road. He was survived by his parents, Matt and Lindsy Hamilton and three siblings, according to his obituary.

The Dayton Police Department’s Traffic Services Unit is investigating the crash.

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