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1 dead, 3 in serious condition after fatal crash in downtown Cincinnati overnight

1 dead, 3 in serious condition after fatal crash in downtown Cincinnati overnight
AND ADDS DRIVERS NEED TO DO THEIR PART, TOO. >> IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING VERY AGGRESSIVE AT DRIVING. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. DANIELLE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT : EXACTLY CAUSED THE CAR TO CROSS THE CENTER LANE. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND OF COURSE WE’LL UPDATE YOU WHEN WE LEARN MORE. COURTIS: ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND 3 OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A CRASH IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 2:30 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY 45-YEAR-OLD ADAM SANDS WAS DRIVING A THREE WHEEL MOTORCYCLE, KNOWN AS A SLING-SHOT. SOUTH ON WALNUT STREET WHEN HE HIT A CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST 8TH STREET. SANDS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. POLICE SAY TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN SANDS’ SLINGSHOT AND THE DRIVER
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1 dead, 3 in serious condition after fatal crash in downtown Cincinnati overnight
Emergency crews reported to a deadly crash in downtown Cincinnati early Sunday morning.Cincinnati police say they responded to the accident just after 2:31 a.m..Officials say 45-year-old Adam Sands was driving a 2020 Polaris slingshot south on Walnut Street when he hit a 2019 Ford Fusion, traveling west on E. 8th Street.Authorities say Sands was transported to UC Medical Center, where he later died due to the injuries he sustained.Police say two other people were in the Slingshot, who were hospitalized and are in serious condition.The driver of the Fusion, officials say, has also been hospitalized in serious condition. Officials say excessive speed "appears" to be a factor in the crash and impairment is being investigated as a factor.Any witnesses to the crash are asked to call CPD's Traffic Unit at 513-352-2514.

Emergency crews reported to a deadly crash in downtown Cincinnati early Sunday morning.

Cincinnati police say they responded to the accident just after 2:31 a.m..

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Officials say 45-year-old Adam Sands was driving a 2020 Polaris slingshot south on Walnut Street when he hit a 2019 Ford Fusion, traveling west on E. 8th Street.

Authorities say Sands was transported to UC Medical Center, where he later died due to the injuries he sustained.

Police say two other people were in the Slingshot, who were hospitalized and are in serious condition.

The driver of the Fusion, officials say, has also been hospitalized in serious condition.

Officials say excessive speed "appears" to be a factor in the crash and impairment is being investigated as a factor.

Any witnesses to the crash are asked to call CPD's Traffic Unit at 513-352-2514.