MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. — Roosevelt Boulevard was shut down in both directions early Friday morning after a car crashed into a home, causing it to catch on fire.
According to assistant fire chief in Middletown, Steve Ludwig, two people were in the van; the driver fled the scene, and the passenger was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
Ludwig says that three adults were in the home but got out before the fire and were not hurt.
He adds that no surrounding homes had to be evacuated and the fire was extinguished before 4:30 a.m.
