MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Montgomery County — A six-year-old girl has died weeks after a crash in Montgomery County.
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The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office said Mila Thrush died at Dayton Children’s on July 24.
As previously reported by News Center 7, the crash occurred on July 9 in the 5000 block of Shephard Road in Miami Township around 6:20 p.m.
A spokesperson for the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said that a Hyundai Elantra driven by a 39-year-old Germantown man was going southwest on Shephard Road.
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While passing another vehicle in a no-passing zone, the driver lost control and went off the right side of the road. The Hyundai hit multiple trees before stopping in a ravine.
The driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Troopers said there were two children in the car, ages 6 and 3. Both children were taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.
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