8/21/14 - A four-car crash yesterday in Ohio has claimed the lives of a Livingston County couple. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer approaching a central Ohio intersection struck a stopped SUV and triggered a four-vehicle crash that killed 69-year-old Curtis Dixon of Howell, and his wife, 71-year-old Patricia Dixon. Three others were injured. Patrol Sgt. Ty Skaggs says the tractor-trailer rear-ended the Dixonâs SUV and pushed it into another around 11:30 Wednesday morning on US-23 in Delaware County. Skaggs says the vehicles slid into the intersection, where at least one collided with a pickup truck. The drivers of the pickup truck and second SUV suffered less serious injuries. A woman riding in the pickup was flown to a hospital. The patrol says the tractor-trailer driver was charged with vehicular homicide and failure to stop within an assured clear distance ahead. He wasn't injured. The patrol says alcohol isn't believed to be a factor in the crash. (JK)
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