HAMILTON, Ohio — The Hamilton Police Department (HPD) arrested a Fairfield Township man Thursday in connection with a triple fatal crash in Hamilton last month.
Brandon Begley, 41, was indicted on three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, police said.
Police said the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at the intersection of River Road and Hooven Avenue.
According to the Butler County Coroner's Office, 35-year-old Milton Alvarez Lagos, 27-year-old Bety Salazar Lopez and 10-year-old Milton Salazar Alvarez died as a result of "multiple traumatic injuries."
According to a crash report, a driver traveling southbound on River Road in a maroon SUV went past the double yellow center line into the northbound lane, passing three vehicles. When the driver went back into the southbound lane, they hit a curb. When the driver overcorrected, they once again went left of center, hitting a red sedan traveling northbound head-on. The driver of the red sedan went off the road, hitting a nearby garage and fence.
Meanwhile, the driver of the SUV continued to rotate, hitting a white truck head-on. According to the report, the speedometer of the SUV driver's car was stuck at 80 miles per hour at the time of the crash.
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The three people who died were all traveling inside the red sedan that was hit head-on before striking a garage and fence, according to the crash report.
Police said after four and a half weeks of investigating, HPD Investigations and Traffic Sections found the crash was not just caused by speeding — it happened as the culmination of a road rage incident that began at a different location.
Investigators interviewed witnesses and involved persons and analyzed video footage from multiple sources, according to police.
The evidence and investigative testimony were presented to a Butler County Grand Jury, which returned an indictment this week.
Police said Begley has been processed at the Butler County Jail.
