KETTERING — Police are investigating Wednesday morning after a car crashed into a Fifth Third Bank sign on Far Hills Avenue.
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When police arrived, they found the car empty and on fire near Stroop Road and the Town and Country Shopping Center.
On my way into work this morning and I drive up on this scene. A car drove through the 5/3 bank sign on Far Hills near Town and Country and caught fire. Crews just got to the scene. Driver left the scene. Far Hills is closed @whiotv pic.twitter.com/gUYsLVkM1d
— Kayla Courvell (@KCourvellWHIO) September 8, 2021
Kettering Police told News Center 7′s Kayla Courvell that they found the driver down the road and learned that he was from a different country and just recently arrived in the U.S. so he did not know what to do in an emergency situation.
The right northbound lane of Far Hills Avenue was closed for a little over an hour while police investigated the crash.
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A witness called the crash into the authorities, according to Kettering Police.
I spoke with the owner of the car. They’re from India, his friend was driving the car when it caught fire and then he crashed it into the sign. They’ve only been in the US for 20 days and the driver did not know to call 911. They’re here for school. @whiotv https://t.co/7OPHukspsX
— Kayla Courvell (@KCourvellWHIO) September 8, 2021
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