4 SEPARATE SEMI
TRUCK CRASHES SNARL COMMUTE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO
12:34 p.m. EST January 6, 2015
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As overnight
snow continued Tuesday morning, four separate crashes -- all
involving jack-knifed semi trucks -- closed parts of the interstate during the
morning commute.
Northbound I-71 reopened after it was closed for about
three hours near Fields Ertel Road. Officials were forced to salt the highway
after a semi lost control in the area and crashed across all lanes of
northbound traffic, hitting a
Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy's vehicle around 6:15 a.m. Authorities
opened two lanes of the highway near Mason at 8 a.m. but closed the northbound
side again shortly after to try to move the tractor-trailer. All northbound
lanes reopened around 9:15 a.m.
No one was injured in the crash, officials said.
A tractor-trailer crashed into a car, which then smashed
into a guard rail on eastbound I-74 near the Ohio/Indiana state line, according
to emergency communications. Officials shut down the highway in both directions
at 8:30 a.m., but reopened the westbound lanes at 8:45 a.m. The eastbound lanes
reopened at 9:30 a.m.
A state trooper was involved in a head-on crash on U.S.
50 near Ohio 540 in Clermont County. Four people
were sent to the hospital after the crash, but none of the injuries
were serious, officials said.
Authorities shut down the road in both directions, but
reopened it around 8:15 a.m.
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Minutes after authorities closed northbound I-71, a semi
lost control and crashed on northbound I-75 near Allen Road in West Chester.
Officials closed all northbound lanes of the highway for that crash as well,
but reopened two lanes shortly after. All but one lane was open at 8 a.m.
Earlier Tuesday, a semi crashed on the exit ramp from
northbound Interstate 75 to Cincinnati-Dayton Road. That happened around 5:30
a.m. No injuries were reported, but authorities shut down the ramp. The ramp
reopened around 6:45 a.m.
The city of Monroe declared a snow emergency at 7:30
a.m. Motorists can still drive, but city officials said cars parked on all
streets need to be moved.