At least 1 injured after truck crashes into school

MINUTES, IF WE. ADAM, THANK YOU. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS INJURED AFTER A TRUCK CRASHED INTO A SCHOOL THIS MORNING. THIS HAPPENED ON VINE STREET BETWEEN SAINT JOE AND MULBERRY STREETS AND WLWT NEWS 5 RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. HEY, GOOD MORNING. GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE BUILDING AND BUILDING ENGINEER HERE, RISING STAR ACADEMY. YOU JUST GET THE FEELING, THANK GOD THIS WAS NOT A MONDAY MORNING. 745 THIS PARKING LOT VERY FULL WITH STUDENTS. YOU SEE THIS IS BOARDED UP. BUT LOOKING AT VIDEO FROM OVERNIGHT, YOU SEE THAT BLUE PICKUP TRUCK SLAMMING INTO THIS WALL. OUR CINCINNATI POLICE RESPONDING EARLY THIS MORNING. DISTRICT ONE OFFICERS ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC UNIT TO REPORTS OF A VEHICLE SLAMMING INTO A BUILDING. THAT BUILDING, RISING STAR ACADEMY HERE 2120 VINE STREET. THIS IS A CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. WE UNDERSTAND DRIVER THAT VEHICLE SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES. CINCINNATI POLICE NOT NECESSARILY CERTAIN WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THAT ACCIDENT. BUT COMING BACK LIVE, ONE TO GIVE YOU A LOOK. THIS IS VINE STREET NOW, AGAIN, COMING BACK LIVE, PHOTOGRAPHER HENRI GRIFFIN GIVING US A SHOT. STRAIGHT UP VINE STREET, YOU GET AN IDEA IF YOU FOLLOW THOSE TWO DOUBLE YELLOW LINES, WHERE, OF COURSE, IT JUST GOES DIRECT ALLEY INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THIS SCHOOL BEFORE THEN TURNING CRASHING DIRECTLY INTO THIS KIND OF LINE OF SIGHT WHERE THAT PICKUP TRUCK ENDED UP AT THE BUILDING. SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF JUST KIND OF TRAVERSE SEEING THIS PARKING LOT. HOW TRAGIC TO SENSE IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON MONDAY MORNING OR FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN STUDENTS START BEING DISMISSED. NOW, CINCINNATI POLICE, THE TRAFFIC UNIT IN DISTRICT ONE, CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATE. THEY’LL BE FOCUSING, OF COURSE, ON SPEED IMPAIRMENT, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THAT DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE.

Police investigating after truck crashes into Cincinnati school

Updated: 12:01 PM EDT Apr 8, 2023

At least one person is injured after a truck crashed into a school on Saturday morning, officials said.The crash happened at Rising Stars Academy on Vine Street between St. Joe and Mulberry streets.Cincinnati police responded early Saturday morning to a report of a vehicle slamming into a building.The driver of the vehicle has sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash.Cincinnati police are investigating the cause of the crash.This is a breaking news story and will be updated as WLWT learns more information.

CINCINNATI —

At least one person is injured after a truck crashed into a school on Saturday morning, officials said.

The crash happened at Rising Stars Academy on Vine Street between St. Joe and Mulberry streets.

Cincinnati police responded early Saturday morning to a report of a vehicle slamming into a building.

The driver of the vehicle has sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash.

Cincinnati police are investigating the cause of the crash.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated as WLWT learns more information.