Man accused of running stop sign in 2023 crash pleads guilty

DAYTON — A man accused of running a stop sign before a crash that injured one man and two teens has pleaded guilty.

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Damion Mayfield, 20, pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular assault on Tuesday in Montgomery County Pleas Court, according to court records.

As News Center 7 previously reported, Dayton officers and medics responded to a crash on Aug. 5, 2023, at Parkhill Drive and Otterbein Avenue.

Mayfield was driving a 2006 Infiniti M35 east on Otterbein Avenue when he did not stop at a stop sign and hit a 2010 Cadillac DTS, a Dayton Police crash report indicated.

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The impact pushed the Infiniti into a tree and the Cadillac to the left side of the road.

Medics transported two boys, 15 and 13, to Dayton Children’s with minor injuries while the 56-year-old Cadillac was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries, the crash report said.

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Mayfield also had minor injuries and was transported to Miami Valley Hospital.

He was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay the victims $6,000 in restitution.

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