2 lanes are blocked on I-75 in Arlington Heights after a crash

RANDI: RIGHT NOW ON WLWT, SOARING TO THE 70’S BUT ALSO GETTING SOAKED. HOW LONG THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS STICK AROUND AND THE TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS. STEVEN: OFFICIALS FIND LIVE AMMUNITION ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. >> IF THERE HAD BEEN MORE VISIBILITY THAT NIGHT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. KELLY: PLUS, DAYS AFTER A COLLEGE STUDENT IS A HIT AND KILLED ON A BUSY UNLIT ROAD, AND INDIANA COMMUNITY RALLYING. FOR MUCH-NEEDED CHANGE. >> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. ♪ STEVEN: WE DO HAVE SEVERAL BIG STORIES THIS MORNING. A ROSS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL WILL SEE MORE SECURITY ON CAMPUS AFTER OFFICIALS FOUND AMMUNITION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. I AM STEVEN ALBRITTON. KELLY: I AM KELLY RIPPIN. DONALD TRUMP SCHEDULED TO VISIT EAST PALESTINE ALMOST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE MASSIVE TRAIN DERAILMENT. THIS AS PRESIDENT BIDEN WRAPS UP HIS TRIP TO EASTERN EUROPE. STEVEN: THE BIG STORY FOR US AND A LOT OF YOU TODAY IS THE RAIN WE WOKE UP TO. KELLY: LET’S CHECK IN WITH RANDI RICO. THIS IS NOT A DAY LONG DELUGE BUT WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT COMES AFTER THE RAIN. RANDI: RIGHT, WE’VE GOT WET WEATHER TO START THE DAY AND THOSE WINDS PICK UP AS WE GET THOSE WARM TEMPERATURES. EVERYBODY HAS DELAYS ARE FOCUSED ON 70 TODAY AND 75 TOMORROW BUT IT DOES NOT COME IN A BUBBLE. WE’VE GOT THE POTENTIAL FOR DECENT WINS INTO THE AFTERNOON. HERE’S WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WAKING UP TO RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. TOOK A LOOK OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO. WE WILL SEE RAIN TO AMPED UP DOWNPOURS CURRENTLY OVER THE TOP OF TWO SECTIONS OF TOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER THE TOP OF COLERAINE LIKE 10 MINUTES AGO, DRIFTING THROUGH FAIRFIELD AND FOREST PARK AND SHARONVILLE, MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF WESTCHESTER. AND MASON AND HAMILTON. AS. WE LOOK TOWARDS THE SOUTH, ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVIER RAIN JUST RACED THROUGH THE GUSTO WITH SOME HEAVIER THE DOWNPOURS, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND NOW FOCUSED FROM RIPLEY TO MAYSVILLE. INTO PORTIONS OF ADAMS, A POCKET OF HEAVIER RAIN HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF PEEBLES. WE WILL GO TO NORTHERN BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES, HEAVIER DOWNPOURS RACED THROUGH MIDDLETOWN AND SPRINGBORO, WAYNESVILLE, HARVEYSBURG AND NOW INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CLINTON COUNTY RIGHT ALONG I-71. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW VERY MILD, WE ARE STARTING OUT IN THE 40’S. WE WILL MAKE IT UP TO 70 DEGREES TODAY. PART OF THAT AIDED BY THE STRONG WINDS WE WILL BE SEEING OUT OF THE SOUTH. WIND GUSTS 25 MILES PER HOUR. AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON, 40-45 MILE PER HOUR GUESS. WINTER ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT AT 11:00 A.M., LINGERS THROUGH TOMORROW. COULD SNAP SMALL TREE LIMBS, MAY BE SMALL POWER OUTAGES. WE WILL GO HOUR-BY-HOUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY, COMING UP. KELLY: THANK YOU. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT LIVE DRIVE THIS MORNING AS YOU ARE HEADED OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE DOWNTOWN, SOME SPRINKLES FALLING NOTHING TOO CRAZY, LOOKS I TRAFFIC MOVING JUST FINE THINGS COULD BE A SLOW IF YOU LEAVE EARLY THIS MORNING OR ENCOUNTER ONE OF THOSE BANDS OF RAIN. WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THINGS FOR YOU HERE ON WLWT THIS MORNING. HAPPENING NOW, A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL IS INCREASING SECURITY AFTER FINDING AMMUNITION JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. STEVEN: ROSS HIGH SCHOOL MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT, SAYING THEY WILL BE TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TODAY. THEY FOUND UNSPENT ROUNDS OF 22 CALIBER AMMUNITION OFTEN USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE OR RECREATIONAL SHOOTING THEY WILL -- SHOOTING. THE SCHOOL SAID THERE MAY BE A PERFECTLY REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR WHY THE ROUNDS WERE THERE. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT AMMO CAME FROM BUT THEY SAY IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF AN OUTSIDE GROUP OR ORGANIZATION. IN THEIR LETTER TO PARENTS, SCHOOL OFFICIALS WROTE, "OUR CAMPUSES ARE OFTEN RENTED BY OUTSIDE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEEKEND." THEY ADDED THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE ROSS TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY THEY CAME FROM. SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAVE CALLED AN EXTRA SECURITY FOR CAMPUS AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE IF THERE IS A THREAT. ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE DISTRICT OR ROSS TOWNSHIP POLICE. KELLY: THIS MORNING, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A U.C. STUDENT SAYS THEY WERE ROBBED THIS WEEK. IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT ON WEST MCMILLAN. THE STUDENT SAYS THEY WERE ATTACKED BY 4 SUSPECTS, WHO STOLE THEIR KEYS AND CAR. POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS BUT HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THEM TO US. THE VICTIM’S KEYS AND CAR WAS FOUND. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEM. STEVEN: A NEW PETITION TO LIGHT UP A BUSY INDIANA ROAD IS ATTRACTING MORE ATTENTION AFTER A COLLEGE STUDENT WAS HIT AND KILLED RECENTLY. 19-YEAR-OLD LEE THOMAS WAS PUSHING HIS CAR WHEN IT RAN OUT OF GAS ON U.S. 50 IN GREENDALE LAST WEEK. HE TRIED TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD BUT WAS HIT AND KILLED IN THE PROCESS. A FAMILY FRIEND WANTS TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE, AND LAUNCHED AN ONLINE PETITION TO LIGHT UP THE STREET FOR LEE. >> I’VE JUST BEEN ENDLESSLY THINKING ABOUT HOW LEE DIED SELFLESSLY TRYING TO PROTECT OTHERS ON THE ROAD FROM BEING HARMED. >> IT’S ONE SMALL CHANGE WE CAN MAKE IN THE WORLD, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO DO IT IN HIS HONOR, AND IN HIS MEMORY IS IF WE CAN GET IT DONE. STEVEN: LEE’S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THE GREENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT TELLS US THERE WERE SIX TRAFFIC CRASHES ON U.S. 50 IN GREENDALE JUST THIS MONTH. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN SIGNING THAT PETITION, YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WLWT.COM. HAPPENING TODAY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL VISIT EAST PALESTINE TODAY, MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIERY TRAIN DERAILMENT. KELLY: HIS VISIT COMES AS HE RAMPS UP HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. HE POSTED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING HE WOULD MAKE THE TRIP TO EAST PALESTINE BEFORE HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR TWEETED THE SAME NEWS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED STUDENTS IN THE VILLAGE WILL NOT HAVE CLASSES TODAY BECAUSE OF SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE VISIT. STEVEN: MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN USING TWITTER TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING CLEANUP EFFORTS IN EAST PALESTINE. IN A TWEET THREAD, THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE SPOKE TO LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS TO REAFFIRM THE GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO GIVE THE VILLAGE WHATEVER IT NEEDS. THE EPA HAS ORDERED NORFOLK SOUTHERN TO PAY FOR THE CLEAN UP AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. BIDEN HAS NOT YET VISITED EAST PALESTINE. THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE TELLI

2 lanes are blocked on I-75 in Arlington Heights after a crash

Updated: 7:34 AM EST Feb 22, 2023

The two left lanes are blocked on southbound I-75 in Arlington Heights due to a crash, Wednesday morning.Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5The crash was reported near the Ronald Reagan Highway interchange at 7:25 a.m. The Ohio Department of Transportation used traffic cameras in the area to confirm the crash. Delays of 10 minutes or more should be expected as the morning commute continues for motorists. Stop and go traffic is backed up to the Davis Street exit as police work to clear the crash from the roadway. Injuries have been reported but have not been confirmed by WLWT at this time. Alternate routes are advised for the time being. There is no timetable for when the crash will clear and lanes will be reopened. 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 any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ohio —

The two left lanes are blocked on southbound I-75 in Arlington Heights due to a crash, Wednesday morning.

Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5

The crash was reported near the Ronald Reagan Highway interchange at 7:25 a.m. The Ohio Department of Transportation used traffic cameras in the area to confirm the crash.

Delays of 10 minutes or more should be expected as the morning commute continues for motorists. Stop and go traffic is backed up to the Davis Street exit as police work to clear the crash from the roadway.

Injuries have been reported but have not been confirmed by WLWT at this time. Alternate routes are advised for the time being. There is no timetable for when the crash will clear and lanes will be reopened.

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 any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.