DASH CAM: Man leads Piqua police on chase before crashing into UPS truck

PIQUA — Two people were sent to the hospital after a police chase ended in a three-vehicle crash in Piqua Tuesday morning.

News Center 7 obtained cruiser camera footage showing the moments before the crash.

Police responded to the area of High Street and Broadway Street around 9:30 a.m. after a report of a vehicle into a building.

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“A black Toyota truck just wrecked into the building, and then backed up and then wrecked into the power poles out here,” a 911 caller told dispatchers.

The pickup truck was seen leaving the area and would not stop for officers, Piqua police Deputy Chief Marty Grove told News Center 7.

Police stopped the chase due to poor road conditions, according to Grove.

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The crash happened at Sunset Drive and High Street when the truck, driven by a man police identified as Tony Creager, 52, of Anna, sped through a red light.

The pickup truck then crashed into a UPS truck, then hitting another car that was stopped at the red light.

Creager was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the third vehicle was also taken to the hospital for possible minor injuries.

Creager is facing charges of failure to control and leaving the scene of a crash relating to the first accident, according to Grove.

He has also been charged with OVI, red light violation, reckless operation, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to comply.

The crash remains under investigation at this time.

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