Driver critically injured after semi crash on EB I-70 in Preble County

PREBLE COUNTY — The right lane remains closed, and a driver is critically hurt after involving three semis on Eastbound Interstate 70 Wednesday morning.

>>PHOTOS: 1 hospitalized after semi crash on EB I-70 in Preble County

As reported Wednesday on News Center 7′s Daybreak, Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) and troopers responded just before 4:15 a.m. to I-70 EB just past the Ohio/Indiana line on initial reports of a crash involving three semis.

The preliminary investigation revealed a Kenworth tractor-trailer, driven by Robert Bacon, 41, Bethany, Oklahoma, drove off the right side of the roadway and struck two semi-tractor-trailers that were parked on the shoulder, according to a spokesperson for OSHP.

Bacon suffered serious injuries and was transported to Reid Health, where he was transferred by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital.

Medics transported his wife, a passenger, to the hospital with minor injuries.

The other two drivers were asleep in their parked semis. Both were not hurt.

Troopers closed all eastbound lanes of I-70 while CareFlight was on the scene but reopened the left lane.

The right lane remains closed, Sgt. Murray said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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