Several injured, 1 critically, in multi-vehicle crash in Dayton

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One person is in life-threatening condition and multiple others were taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash in Dayton Thursday afternoon, according to Dayton police.

The crash was reported near the 1500 block of South Smithville Road around 2:14 p.m., according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

Dayton police said that the crash happened when a vehicle went left of center and crashed into vehicles driving the opposite direction. The driver of the first vehicle was transported to an area hospital in life-threatening condition.

People from all three vehicles were taken to area hospitals, but only that driver was in life-threatening condition.

The road was closed in the area of Argella Avenue and Marimont Drive.

The crash remains under investigation by the Dayton Police Department Traffic Services Unit.