{"id":321809,"date":"2026-06-27T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321809\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:10:33","slug":"chain-reaction-crash-injures-5-in-miami-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321809\/","title":{"rendered":"Chain reaction crash injures 5 in Miami County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">MIAMI COUNTY \u2014 Five people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in a Miami County construction zone on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\">Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Around 6:50 a.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Troopers with the Piqua Post responded to Interstate 75 Southbound just south of State Route 41 on reports of a crash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/injuries-reported-after-multi-vehicle-crash-i-75-sb-miami-county\/VCFJA3V3TJHAPJAFDOBNKYQDIE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/injuries-reported-after-multi-vehicle-crash-i-75-sb-miami-county\/VCFJA3V3TJHAPJAFDOBNKYQDIE\/\">News Center 7 previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The crash involved a Ford Escape, operated by 31-year-old Maila Saintil of Springfield; A Chevrolet Traverse, operated by 51-year-old Esterban St Fleur of Springfield; A Nissan Murano, operated by 58-year-old Kimberly Kreuper of Troy; and an International Box Truck, operated by 39-year-old Cassandra Kelsay of Greenwood, Indiana. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The preliminary investigation showed that the Ford Escape, Chevrolet Traverse, and Nissan Murano were all merging onto I-75 southbound from SR-41, and the box truck was traveling south on I-75 in the right lane. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">While merging, the Ford struck a construction barrel and slowed in the right lane. Both the Chevrolet and Nissan were behind the Ford and also began to slow. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The box truck struck the Nissan in the right lane, causing the Nissan to strike the Chevrolet, and then the Chevrolet struck the Ford. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Saintil was not injured as a result of the crash. She was found to be at fault for the crash and cited for Right-Of-Way Rule at Through Highways \u2013 Yield Sign. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">St Fleur and his two passengers were transported by ground ambulance to Kettering Health \u2013 Troy with minor injuries. Kreuper and Kelsay were both treated at the scene for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">All southbound lanes of I-75 were closed during the investigation, but later reopened. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\">WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI COUNTY \u2014 Five people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in a Miami County construction zone on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[133432,131451,1776,81539,123,4270,125,124,13189,13190,133431,729,26375,1777,11822,131639,51750],"class_list":["post-321809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-chain-reaction","tag-construction-zone","tag-crash","tag-i-75-sb","tag-miami","tag-miami-county","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ohio-state-highway-patrol","tag-oshp","tag-sr-41","tag-traffic","tag-troy","tag-vehicles","tag-whio","tag-whio-news","tag-whio-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}