The driver involved in a crash that left five people critically injured has been formally charged.
Jaylin Barnes was indicted by a Montgomery County Grand Jury on counts of aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular assault, receiving stolen property, and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
The charges stem from a crash on Dec. 30, 2021.
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Montgomery County Sheriff Deputies spotted a car reported stolen out of Xenia.
When deputies attempted to stop the the car, it drove away at a high rate of speed ultimately crashing into an RTA bus in the area of Turner and Klepinger roads, according to a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
A crash report lists Barnes as the driver of that car.
News Center 7 previously reported that five people were critically injured in the crash.
Barnes is also accused of throwing a handgun onto the roof of a nearby building.
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He was also named the suspect in the theft of a car in Moraine in December 2022.
Barnes is not in custody.
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