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Driver dead, 4 others hurt in Route 122 crash

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, March 19th, 2012, 7:24pm
Driver dead, 4 others hurt in Route 122 crash

CLEARCREEK TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - A crash Monday afternoon on State Route 122 east of Hart Road killed the driver of a Ford Taurus, seriously injured two of his passengers, while causing lesser injuries for another passenger and the driver of the pickup truck he hit.

Clearcreek Township Police Sergeant Larry Cornett says a witness that was in a car following Taurus said it was driving along normally at about 45 or 50 miles an hour when it started drifting across the yellow line.  It hit a heavy-duty Dodge 2500 pickup truck head-on.

The 52-year-old driver of the Taurus died at the scene.  The two more seriously injured survivors in that car were flown to Miami Valley Hospital, while the other passenger was taken there in an ambulance.  The driver of the pickup truck turned down an ambulance but was getting his own ride to a hospital for a shoulder injury.

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State Route 132 to close for 5 days, adding 6 minutes to drive

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 12:23am
State Route 132 to close for 5 days, adding 6 minutes to drive

 

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) – The Ohio Department of Transportation says two culvert replacements will require closing State Route 132 between SR 123 and SR 350 in Clinton County, from 7 a.m. Monday, March 19 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 23.  The culverts are located north of Lundy Whitacre Road and north of Middleboro Road.

The detour for northbound traffic is north on SR 123 to east on U.S. 22 to east on SR 350 in Clinton County, back to SR 132.  Southbound traffic will use the same detour in reverse.  The detour is an additional three miles or approximately six minutes.

Arrow boards and/or signs will be in place to alert motorists of the upcoming closure and detour.

To help ensure the safety of the construction workers as well as the traveling public, motorists should remain alert, reduce their speed and watch for stopped traffic while passing through the work zone.

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Road to close for eight weeks

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 3:08am
Road to close for eight weeks

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) - As part of the Bethany Road Improvements project, Ivy Grove Lane will be closing Monday, March 12, 2012 for eight (8) weeks, weather permitting. The closure is to allow for grade reconstruction.

People living in subdivisions affected by this closure will use Melampy Creek Lane. All detours will be posted and will use Mason-Montgomery Road, US 42, Mason Road, and Butler-Warren Road.

Further closures may become necessary in the future, and for more information on the Bethany Road project, visit http://www.wceo.us/ or call the Warren County Engineer’s Office at (513) 695-3302.

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Better weather may be bad news for some I-71 commuters

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 2:49am
Better weather may be bad news for some I-71 commuters

 

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) – As the weather warms up, construction work is resuming in earnest, and because of that, motorists are advised to expect daily lane closures of northbound Interstate 71/Jeremiah Morrow Bridge.

The daily closures, scheduled from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be in place from the northbound rest area and continue across the bridge. Traffic delays may be lengthy.

To help ensure the safety of the construction workers as well as the traveling public, motorists should remain alert, reduce their speed and watch for stopped traffic while passing through the work zone.

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Lane of 71 closed for hours after truck crash

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012, 4:31pm
Lane of 71 closed for hours after truck crash

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WARREN COUNTY, OH (FOX19) – The right lane of southbound I-71 was closed for hours and hours while an accident scene was cleaned up Tuesday.

Just after noon Tuesday, a tractor-trailer flipped on its side on southbound 71 in eastern Warren County. It was loaded with a cargo of some type of chemical that the Ohio EPA wass concerned with, although it was not treated as a hazard to passing motorists.  The entire southbound side of the highway was closed for a while, then one lane was opened, The EPA and cleanup crews were called to the scene, which was originally expected to be active until after 6 p.m.  In the end, the last crews cleared the scene just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The highway closed was on southbound 71 between Wilmington road and Route 73.  That stretch of the highway is only two lanes, so backups built up because all traffic had to use the high speed lane.

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Melampy Creek Lane to be closed again

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, February 6th, 2012, 11:40pm
Melampy Creek Lane to be closed again

 

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) - As part of the Bethany Road Improvements project, Melampy Creek Lane will be closed Wednesday, February 8, 2012, through Friday, February 10, 2012, weather permitting. The closure is to allow for the connecting of the storm sewer.

All detours will be posted and will use Mason-Montgomery Road, US 42, Mason Road, and Butler-Warren Road.

Further closures may become necessary in the future.  For information on the Bethany Road project, please visit http://www.wceo.us/.

For more information, contact the Warren County Engineer’s Office at (513) 695-3302.

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Medical emergency may have caused SUV to fly off 71 exit

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, February 6th, 2012, 10:32pm
Medical emergency may have caused SUV to fly off 71 exit

 

SYMMES TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - A man was trapped and injured when his SUV went off the ramp from I-71 to the Fields Ertel-Mason Montgomery exit.

The 2007 Chevy driven by 30-year-old Terrence Strader of West Chester went off the left side of the ramp and hit a signpost and a tree before finally crashing into a metal utility pole just shy of Mason Montgomery Road.

Motorist Steve Vetter took a couple photos looking northeast from the ramp area toward part of the business area; the fire trucks are on Mason-Montgomery.  He said the SUV came down the ramp at a high rate of speed and hit a couple trees before it hit the pole.

Strader was rescued from the truck by the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department, then taken to the hospital by University AirCare, and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.  Police day he was wearing a seatbelt.

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