Compiled from staff and wire reports

GREENDALE, Ind. - Five people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 50 at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday.

Steven Bledsoe of Hamilton was listed in good condition at Dearborn County Hospital and passenger Inez E. Koedel was listed in stable condition after their Chevy S-10 pickup was hit by a full-size van, Greendale police said.

The van's driver, Rod Cooper of Coral Spring, Fla., swerved to avoid traffic stopped in front of him when he hit the truck, which was flipped onto a Honda Accord, police said. No one in the Honda was injured. Three people in the van, Will Revelee of Cincinnati, Chris Rush of Madison, Ind., and Genesis Brown of Madison, Ind., also were taken to Dearborn County Hospital, where they were listed in good condition.

None of the people injured was wearing a seat belt, police said.

Cooper was cited for driving with a suspended license and driving too fast.

Gunshot victim seeks help at car dealership

FAIRFIELD - An unidentified man suffering a gunshot wound sought refuge Saturday afternoon at a Butler County automobile dealership.

The man entered Performance Honda, 5760 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, about 12:30 p.m. seeking help after he said he had been shot in another location, Fairfield police said.

Lockland police later arrested a man suspected in the shooting. His identity was not released.

The shooting victim was taken to University Hospital, where he underwent surgery. His condition was not released.

4-year-old killed by lightning in Ky.

CARLISLE, Ky. - Lightning struck and killed a 4-year-old Ohio boy attending a family reunion Saturday at a farm in northeast Kentucky.

Nicholas McConnaughey of Dayton, Ohio, had been standing near a tree as a storm approached. Lightning hit the tree, then traveled through the boy's body, stopping his heart, said Nicholas County deputy coroner Brent Gaunce.

Bystanders - including one trained nurse - and an emergency response team tried reviving McConnaughey. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

No one else was injured in the incident, Gaunce said.

Alcohol retailers want new underage rules

COLUMBUS - Alcohol retailers want the punishment for selling alcohol to minors to be limited to the employee who sells it, instead of punishing the liquor-license holder. They also want to limit how often police can check a business and set rules for who can serve as an undercover buyer.

Lobbyists are asking that the new rules be added as amendments to a bill sponsored by state Sen. David Goodman, a Bexley Republican, that would require training for bar bouncers.

Law-enforcement officials said the retailers' request results from the success of undercover sting operations intended to punish those who sell alcohol to minors. "I hope once the light is shown on (the legislation) that people will see it for what it is," Bexley police Detective Corey Johnson said.

One such undercover operation, Franklin County's Stop Teenage Opportunities to Purchase program, has been used as a model by Licking and Fairfield counties.

The program uses underage undercover agents who try to buy alcohol in convenience stores, bars and restaurants.

Steve Martin, Franklin County's chief sheriff's deputy, said he would enlist police and sheriff's groups to fight any changes.