Man sentenced, license suspended after driving impaired in 2023 Vandalia crash
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to driving impaired in a 2023 Vandalia crash.
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Ryan Ross, 24, will spend two years in prison and had his driver's license suspended for three years, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas court records.
This comes after he pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular assault and another count of OVI back in December.
Court records indicate that the two years will be served after Ross finishes a sentence of three to four-and-half years in jail in Greene County.
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As previously reported by News Center 7, Vandalia officers and medics responded on August 5, 2023, to the 8400 block of S. Brown School Road on reports of a crash.
Dispatch records showed four vehicles were involved, but the Vandalia Division of Fire shared on social media back in 2023 that three vehicles were involved.
They shared photos showing heavy damage to a blue pickup truck and a black car.
Fire officials also shared that there were multiple people trapped in their vehicles.
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Three people were taken to an area hospital's trauma center in critical condition, according to Vandalia Division of Fire.
Another person was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Online jail records show that Ross is incarcerated in the Noble Correctional Institution for a drug-related conviction in Greene County. His sentenced ends in Sept. 2027.
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