Passenger in car that smashed into Xenia house says another driver is at fault

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UPDATE @ 11:40 p.m. (Oct. 3): One of the two young women in the car that hit a house in Xenia this week said she has video evidence that another vehicle forced theirs to swerve and crash.

She also said she plans to take the evidence to Xenia police, which she said proves that a pickup truck pulled out in front of the car she was a passenger in at Charles Street and Cincinnati Avenue.

The passenger, Dana Hughes, said she and the driver want the public to help them identify the truck and its driver.

Hughes told WHIO-TV's James Buechele the video from her in-law's home shows that the truck driver got out and checked on her and her friend after the accident.

"I think he was in shock and he realized what he did,” said Hughes.

She ran to her in-law's home. The truck drove away as police arrived.

"He didn't say anything to us and then he got back in his vehicle and left and that's when the cops pulled up he was gone," she said.

Hughes said she suffered cuts and bruises, but her friend needed 16 stitches.

INITIAL REPORT (Oct. 2)

Two young women were taken to a hospital after their car crashed into a home in Xenia on Tuesday afternoon.

The women suffered minor injuries.

One person was at the home on Cincinnati Avenue when the car hit it, but that person was not injured.

Police and fire crews were dispatched to the house in the 300 block of Cincinnati Avenue about 1 p.m.

The house is livable and the damage will be boarded up.

We’ll continue to update this page as new information becomes available.