James Pohlabeln, 61, Kyle Canter, 23, Earl Miller II, 27, Vashti Nicole Brown, 29, and Devin Bachmann, 26, killed in wrong-way collision with suspected drunk driver on Interstate 75 in Dayton, Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say five people are dead after a car going the wrong way on an Ohio interstate slammed head-on into an SUV. Investigators in Dayton suspect the driver of the wrong-way car had been drinking. Police say the man had been arrested on a DUI charge two days ago. The crash happened around 3 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 75 in downtown Dayton. Police say the driver of the car died in the crash along with four people inside the SUV. They say three men and one woman were in the SUV. Police estimate they were in their teens or early 20s.

Another driver who saw the wrong-way driver told a 911 operator that he had to swerve to get out of his way. Investigators think the driver of the wrong-way car was under the influence of alcohol.  Authorities say a wrong-way driver on an Ohio interstate narrowly missed at least one vehicle before slamming head-on into an SUV.  

Traffic is being diverted onto U.S. 35 from northbound I-75 and police have blocked the westbound U.S. 35 ramp onto northbound I-75. The 61-year-old at-fault driver was released from jail about 33 hours before the fatal crash on I-75. Dayton police have shut down northbound I-75 near North Main Street due to a crash with injuries Saturday morning. Dayton police said five people were killed in a wrong-way crash on northbound I-75 Saturday morning. Several emergency units remain on scene of a multi-fatal crash on northbound I-75 in Dayton. (ODOT) Five people were killed in a wrong-way crash on I-75 North overnight, including the at-fault driver whom police said appears to have been driving while intoxicated.

The driver who killed himself and four others Saturday morning in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 had been released from jail 33 hours earlier in connection with a separate suspected drunken driving crash. Authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this deadly two-vehicle crash in downtown Dayton, which claimed the life of at-fault driver James Pohlabeln, a 61-year-old retiree, and four young friends: Kyle Canter, 23, of New Carlisle; Earl Miller II, 27, of New Carlisle; Vashti Nicole Brown, 29, of Dayton; and Devin Bachmann, 26, of Huber Heights.