NEW DETAILS: RTA bus crash sends 1 to hospital, injures several

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One person was taken to the hospital and several others sustained minor injuries after a crash involving a Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority bus in Dayton last week.

On April 6, Emergency crews responded to the intersection of Rosedale Drive and Lexington Avenue after a police officer called in the crash between the bus and an unknown vehicle at 5:19 p.m., according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

A Ford F-250 was going north on Rosedale Drive when it failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the bus, which was going west on Lexington Avenue, read a crash report filed by the Dayton Police Department.

The truck was reportedly traveling at 40 mph. The posted speed in the area is 25 mph, according to the report.

Dispatch records said that initial reports from the scene said that as many as five people might have been injured, and three medics responded.

Eight people had suspected minor injuries, including the drivers of the truck and bus, according to the report.

Medics took the driver of the truck to Kettering Health Dayton, formerly Grandview Medical Center.

According to police, the driver of the truck has warrants from Moraine and other jurisdictions, but was released to the hospital for treatment.

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