HAMILTON — Three people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Butler County on Sunday.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, the crash was reported around 4:30 p.m. in Hamilton at the intersection of Hooven Avenue and River Road, according to our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.
A driver was traveling southbound in a maroon SUV when they went past the double yellow center line into the northbound lane, passing three vehicles, according to a crash report.
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When the driver went back into the southbound lane, they hit a curb.
When the driver overcorrected, they once again went left of center, hitting a red sedan traveling northbound head-on.
The driver of the red sedan went off the road, hitting a nearby garage and fence.
Meanwhile, the driver of the SUV continued to rotate, hitting a white truck head-on.
The crash report says three people, all of whom were inside the red sedan, were pronounced dead.
The Butler County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as 35-year-old Milton Alvarez Lagos, 27-year-old Bety Salazar Lopez, and 10-year-old Milton Salazar Alvarez.
WCPO-9 reports that they all died as a result of “multiple traumatic injuries.”
The driver who traveled left of center, hitting their vehicle, was taken to UC West Chester with serious injuries.
The driver of the white truck was not injured.
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