3 people transported after crash on River Road in Sayler Park
Updated: 3:09 PM EDT May 18, 2023
ABOUT THE MAN KILLED IN A ROAD RAGE SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIM. AND A NEW DETAILS AFTER A PEDESTRIAN IS HIT AND KILLED ON THE INTERSTATE. WE’RE LEARNING THE IDENTITY OF THAT MAN AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. IT’S ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AROUND. BUT LIKE OUR TRIP IN THE PAST SEVERAL, FRIDAY’S RAIN IS MOVING BACK INTO THE FORECAST. JUST AND I’LL BREAK DOWN WHEN RAIN WILL BE MOST IMPACTFUL AND IF IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY, DEVELOPING AND WLWT. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY ROAD RAGE SHOOTING ON I-75 OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE NOW SAY THE VICTIM WAS FROM A WELL KNOWN CINCINNATI BUSINESS FAMILY. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT NOON. I’M STEPHEN COLBERT. AND I’M LACEY ROBERTS THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED WAS 70 YEAR OLD MICHAEL SWEENEY, WHO WORKED IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. NOW, POLICE SAY THAT HE DIED AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD AND NECK WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 NEAR MITCHELL AVENUE AT ABOUT 830 SATURDAY NIGHT. IT LED TO A CRASH SHUTTING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FOR HOURS. WE’RE TOLD SWEENEY DIED A FEW DAYS AFTER BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. SO HE WAS IN A NISSAN ALTIMA WITH TWO WOMEN AGES 45 AND 57. ALL NAMES WERE REDACTED ON THAT POLICE REPORT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER TOOK OFF IN WHAT COULD BE A SILVER FORD TAURUS, CHEVY OR NISSAN SEDAN. MICHAEL SWEENEY’S FUNERAL SERVICE IS SET FOR SATURDAY ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL. SWEENEY’S FORMER HIGH SCHOOL RELEASED A STATEMENT. IT READS IN PART, MICHAEL SWEENEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE SAINT XAVIER CLASS OF 1971. HIS TRAGIC DEATH REMINDS US THAT EVERY DAY OF HUMAN LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS SADDENED TO HEAR OF HIS LOSS AND, QUOTE, A MAJOR HIGHWAY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS AFTER A DEADLY CRASH IN GRANT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, LAST NIGHT. STATE POLICE TELL US TWO CARS COLLIDED ON U.S. 25 JUST SOUTH OF WILLIAMSTOWN. WE’RE TOLD PARTS OF U.S. 25 WERE SHUT DOWN UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CRASH AND WE’RE LEARNING THE NAME OF A PEDESTRIAN WHO DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A SEMI-TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS A 27 YEAR OLD JOHN ABBOTT SMITH, AND IT HAPPENED ON I-75 NEAR EDGERTON CHARLES, AROUND SIX YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY A SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER CALLED 911 SAYING HE HIT ABBY SMITH. THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN A 5 HOURS AS POLICE LOCATED. AND BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA. CREWS ARE BATTLING A LARGE FIRE AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CHARLOTTE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE FLAMES AND SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE BUILDING. A FIVE ALARM FIRE IS SO INTENSE, METAL BEAMS COULD BE SEEN AND HEARD COLLAPSING. THIS ALL HAPPENING NEAR ONE OF THE CITY’S LARGE SHOPPING MALLS. AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FACING ALLEGATIONS THAT HE RAPED A TEAMMATE ON THE SCHOOL’S J.V. BASEBALL TEAM IS BACK HOME. ONLY WLWT WAS IN COURT AS HE FACED A JUDGE VIRTUALLY YESTERDAY. WE’RE NOT IDENTIFYING HIM BECAUSE HE’S A MINOR. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE STUDENT AND TWO OTHER CLASSMATES KIDNAPED A TEAMMATE WITH AUTISM LAST MONTH AT WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL AND ASSAULTED HIM. BUT THE HEARING WAS LESS ABOUT THE CRIMES THE 15 YEAR OLD IS CHARGED WITH AND MORE ABOUT WHERE YOU SHOULD STAY AS THE CASE AGAINST HIM UNFOLDS. BUT THE ATTORNEYS SAYING HIS CLIENT HAS HAD NO DISCIPLINARY ISSUES UNTIL LAST MONTH’S INCIDENT. SO HE HAS BEEN RAISED TO BE RESPECTFUL. HE HAS BEEN AN ATHLETE SINCE HIS HAS BEEN THE AGE OF SIX. HE WAS FIRST HONORS AND RECEIVE THE PRINCIPAL’S AWARD. THOSE ACCOLADES DID NOT PREVENT POLICE FROM CHARGING THE 15 YEAR OLD WITH ONE COUNT OF RAPE. THREE COUNTS OF KIDNAPING AND ONE COUNT OF HAZING. THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO RELEASE THE TEENAGER TO HIS PARENTS, BUT HE DOES HAVE TO WEAR AN ELECTRIC MONITORING DEVICE AND CAN’T LEAVE HIS HOUSE FOR ANY REASON. HE ALSO CAN’T HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM ONLY ON A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IN MIDDLETOWN HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER SHARING SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES WITH A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL LAST SATURDAY, THE SIXTH GRADER’S MOTHER SAYS HER DAUGHTER MENTIONED SHE HAD BEEN SNAPCHATTING WITH HER BUS DRIVER. THE MOTHER THEN CONTINUED MESSAGING WITH THE DRIVER WHILE PRETENDING TO BE HER DAUGHTER. SHE SAYS THE BUS DRIVER CONTINUED TO SEND DISTURBING MESSAGES AND SELFIES OF HIMSELF CALLING A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL HIS QUOTE, FAVORITE. THE DISTRICT RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACTS WITH PETERMAN FOR BUS SERVICE, AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A PETERMAN BUS DRIVER AND INAPPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION WAS REPORTED AND WAS INVESTIGATED BY PETERMAN. THAT BUS DRIVER WAS SUSPENDED AND ULTIMATELY TERMINATED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION. CINCINNATI POLICE OFFICER WILL AVOID JAIL TIME AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IN CLAREMONT COUNTY. OHIO STATE TROOPERS PULLED OVER JUSTIN SHIELDS ON 275 LAST MONTH. YESTERDAY. SHIELD PLEADED GUILTY TO FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL COULD BE UNDER COURT SUPERVISION FOR TWO YEARS AND WILL HAVE TO ATTEND A DUI PROGRAM. SHIELDS WILL ALSO HAVE LIMITED DRIVING PRIVILEGES FOR A YEAR ALONG WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A FINE. LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR WEATHER FORECAST NOW. A FANTASTIC DAY FOR US TO END THIS NEW THINGS NEWSCAST AND GO OUTSIDE. OH, YEAH. LIKE THIS IS WE DONE WITH IT? OH, YOU GOT TO BE RIGHT BACK. NO, GET OUTSIDE. ENJOY THAT SUNSHINE WHILE IT’S AROUND. WE DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT RAIN COMING IN FOR FRIDAY AND AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE FOR ALMOST THE PAST THREE MONTHS, EVERY FRIDAY, ALMOST IN THESE PAST THREE MONTHS HAVE FEATURED SOME KIND OF RAIN COMING INTO THE FORECAST. BUT TODAY, AS I MENTIONED, BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE MID SIXTIES RIGHT NOW IN CINCINNATI AT 64. COLD WINDS. AND THOSE SKIES ARE ON THE SUNNY SIDE. WE HAVE 67 UP IN LOVELAND, 64 HAMILTON, 65 IN UNION 64, BATAVIA OUT THERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS NEW NOW OR INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL RISE INTO THE SEVENTIES EVENTUALLY MAKE YOUR WAY RIGHT AROUND THE MID 70 FOR THIS AFTERNOON SO FAIRLY AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS THIS EVENING, THINGS LOOKING NICE AS WELL WILL COOL BACK DOWN INTO AROUND THE LOWER SIXTIES BY ABOUT 10 P.M. OR SO. BUT OVERALL DRY SKIES AND WE’RE KEEPING IT SUNNY FOR THE REST OF TODAY. BUT AS I MENTIONED TOMORROW, FEATURING SHOWERS, NOT A WASHOUT. WE’LL STILL HAVE SOME DRY TIME OUT THERE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. BUT AHEAD, MY FORECAST, WE’RE GOING BE TIMING OUT THAT RAIN WHEN IT’S MOST IMPACT AT FOUR TO ANY EVENTS. SO YOU MAY BE GOING TO ON FRIDAY AND WE’LL BE BREAKING DOWN THAT WEEKEND FORECAST COMING
3 people transported after crash on River Road in Sayler Park
Updated: 3:09 PM EDT May 18, 2023
Cincinnati firefighters are on scene of a crash with injuries on River Road in Sayler Park Thursday afternoon.Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5Fire crews responded to the area of Ricer Road near Monitor Avenue, arriving to find one person trapped in their vehicle. Crews extricated the person and transported them, along with two others, to a local hospital.All people injured in the crash reportedly sustained non-life threatening injuries.Cincinnati police have closed inbound River Rd. while the crash is investigated. Outbound traffic is down to one lane in the area.For live traffic updates, click here.Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.
Cincinnati firefighters are on scene of a crash with injuries on River Road in Sayler Park Thursday afternoon.
Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5
Fire crews responded to the area of Ricer Road near Monitor Avenue, arriving to find one person trapped in their vehicle. Crews extricated the person and transported them, along with two others, to a local hospital.
All people injured in the crash reportedly sustained non-life threatening injuries.
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Cincinnati police have closed inbound River Rd. while the crash is investigated. Outbound traffic is down to one lane in the area.
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