NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — UPDATE: Aaron Hilt was charged in the Bowling Green Municipal Court Friday morning. Charges include aggravated vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a vehicle under the influence and failure to maintain assured clear distance. He is scheduled to appear in Bowling Green Municipal court Wednesday at 1 p.m.
The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus that left multiple passengers with injuries on I-75 in Wood County Thursday night.
The crash happened at 9:15 p.m. on I-75 south near Eagleville Road.
The driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck, 32-year-old Aaron Hilt, of North Baltimore, hit the rear of an Arlington Local School District bus while both were traveling southbound on I-75. The truck then ran through a right-of-way fence off the road, crashed and caught fire on Insley Road on the west side of I-75, according sheriffs reports.
The school bus was transporting a total of 26 Arlington junior high football players. Six juveniles were hospitalized after suffering from minor injuries. Hilt was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The bus driver was uninjured and was able to stop the bus safely on an exit ramp.
Hilt fled the scene on foot and was located at his home by officers from the North Baltimore Police Department shortly after the crash, according to OSHP. He was medically cleared from the hospital and was placed under arrest at the Wood County Justice Center.
The bus was returning from a game against Elmwood in Wood County when the crash happened, an athletic department spokesperson for Arlington said.
Arlington Superintendent Kevin Haught was also at the scene of the accident, the spokesperson added.
Hilt was charged in the Bowling Green Municipal Court Friday morning. Charges include aggravated vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a vehicle under the influence and failure to maintain assured clear distance.
Hilt's bond was set at $50,000. He is pictured below:
Arlington is about 15 minutes south of Findlay in Hancock County.
The crash remains under investigation.
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