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BUTLER COUNTY — Several accidents on area roadways produced injuries and commuting headaches on Monday, Nov. 24.

Several crashes along icy, rural roads were reported by Butler County dispatchers between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., including one that sent a sheriff's deputy to the hospital with minor injuries.

The slickest spots included the 4000 and 4500 blocks of Somerville Road, the site of two accidents involving minor injuries; Busenbark Road in St. Clair Twp. between Edgewood middle and high schools, where three juveniles were injured in a crash; and Taylor School Road at the bridge in Seven Mile, where a deputy was involved in a crash.

West Chester Twp. also saw three early morning accidents, all of which required transport to area hospitals for nonlife-threatening injuries, according to dispatchers.

Later in the day, two accidents less than half a mile apart on Ohio 4 sent three people to area hospitals.

The first occurred at 4:43 p.m. in the 6300 block of Hamilton-Middletown Road in Monroe when a Jeep rear-ended a Mitsubishi Galant stopped for construction.

The driver of the Jeep, Brianne Andre, 28, of Springboro, was cited for assured clear distance and treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to dispatchers.

A passenger in the vehicle, 18-year-old Rochelle Melton of Middletown, was transported to Atrium Medical Center for nonlife-threatening injuries, as was the driver of the Mitsubishi, Anna Marchetti, 23, of Monroe.

The second accident occurred at 5:13 p.m. at Ohio 4 and Todhunter Road when a tow truck heading south to the first accident collided with a Chevrolet van, according to dispatchers.

The van's driver, Guang Peng, 44, of Middletown was transported to Atrium for nonlife-threatening injuries. Both drivers were listed at fault but neither was cited, officials said.