A multi-car crash is blocking lanes along I-71 near Avondale

KELLY: BREAKING NOW, A BURGLARY SUSPECT RUNS INTO A NEARBY POND TO AVOID POLICE. THE SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. STEVEN: PLUS, A COMMUNITY PUSH TO END VIOLENCE AFTER A RECENT SHOOTING LEAVES TWO PEOPLE DEAD. THE EVENT TONIGHT TO PROMOTE A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLICE. >> COOL AND SUNNY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK, THEN MORE RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND. I’LL HAVE AN UPDATED LOOK AT THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS COUNTY BY COUNTY, AND THE RAIN TIMELINE FOR HALLOWEEN >> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5, LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WLWT-TV] KELLY: BREAKING RIGHT NOW, BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING A BODY OF WATER IN SAINT CLAIR TOWNSHIP FOR A MAN, THEY SAY RAN FROM THEM THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M KELLY RIPPIN. STEVEN: AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. THE SEARCH HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THE LAST SIX AND A HALF HOURS. WLWT NEW 5’S KARIN JOHNSON IS LIVE ALONG NORTH RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO EXPLAIN. WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE, KARIN? KARIN: THE SEARCH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THIS IS IN SOME CLEAR TOWNSHIP -- ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. THIS IS GOING ON IN A LARGE BODY OF WATER BEHIND THIS HILL. THIS ALL STARTED ONE STREET OVER WHEN DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A BUSINESS ALARM AT THE OLD VFW HALL ON TRENTON ROAD. IT’S NOW AN EVENT CENTER. DEPUTIES SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED, A MAN TOOK OFF. DEPUTIES TRIED TO RUN AFTER HIM. BUT THEY LOST SIGHT OF HIM WHEN HE WENT INTO THE WATER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM. LIVE IN ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM. THE LAST SIX HOURS. KARIN JOHNSON, WLWT NEWS 5. STEVEN: THE SEARCH CONTINUES. BECAUSE THE SHERIFFS OFFICE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO THIS PERSON IS? KARIN: THAT LAST CHECK, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO THIS PERSON WAS. THAT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THEY’RE ASKING FOR HELP. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON SOMEONE WHO MAY BEEN IN THIS AREA, THEY ARE ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. STEVEN: INSANE CLEAR TOWNSHIP, THANK YOU SO MUCH. -- IN SOME CLEAR -- IN ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KELLY: A SHOOTING IN HAMILTON TUESDAY NIGHT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HURT, INCLUDING A TODDLER. THE OTHER THREE VICTIMS ARE IN THEIR 20’S. POLICE SAY BULLET FRAGMENTS HIT THE THREE-YEAR-OLD IN HER LEG, THEY SAY SHE WAS WITH HER MOTHER, THEY WERE COMING FROM A STORE WHEN THE GUNFIRE BEGAN. HAMILTON LEADERS ARE CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION, AND BRING ABOUT ACTUAL CHANGE. BOB: WE’RE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES. CAN YOU BE OUR EARS? CAN YOU BE OUR EYES? BECAUSE THE LIFE YOU SAVE MIGHT BE YOUR OWN OR ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES. AND SO WE NEED YOU TO TALK. KELLY: COMMUNITY LEADERS, PASTORS, AND HAMILTON’S POLICE CHIEF ARE HOLDING A COMMUNITY WIDE GATHERING TONIGHT AT BAILEY SQUARE TO TALK ABOUT THE -- ENDING THE VIOLENCE, AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO END IT. THAT BEGINS AT 6:00. WANT TO GET A CHECK KNOW OF THE FORECAST. WE ARE KIND OF IN THE FULL SWING OF FALL NOW AS WE ARE STARTING TO WRAP UP OCTOBER. ALLISON: WRAPPING UP OCTOBER, GOING INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. HALLOWEEN JUST AROUND THE CORNER, ABSOLUTELY. A BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY TODAY. FEELS LIKE FALL. A LITTLE BIT CHILLY. TEMPERATURE SITTING IN THE 40’S RIGHT NOW. WE ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 50’S. 49 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN CINCINNATI. IT STILL FEELS MORE LIKE 44. FACTOR IN THE WIND THAT IS COMING IN ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. LOOKING OVER THE OHIO RIVER INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY, SITTING AT 49 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY MAKE IT UP TO 55. BY THE TIME THE KIDS ARE GETTING ON OR OFF THE BUS, CLIMBING UP TO ABOUT 59 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE JUST BARELY GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE UPPER 50’S. LOW 60’S POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES. STILL QUITE CHILLY OUTSIDE. WE STAY COOL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR. THE RAIN WE GOT EARLIER THIS WEEK NOT HELPING US OUT TOO MUCH. I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR GREATER CINCINNATI COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. FOR THE TRICK-OR-TREAT FORECAST FOR HALLOWEEN AND THE ENTIRE WEEKEND, COMING UP. SEE YOU THEN. STEVEN: AN OVERNIGHT CRASH ON DIXIE HIGHWAY STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR HOURS IN BOONE COUNTY. KELLY: POLICE SAY A DRIVER HEADED SOUTH ON DIXIE HIGHWAY, CRASHED INTO A FED-EX SEMI HEADING NORTH, NEAR WHITE PINE CIRCLE. OUR CREWS SAY THE CAR LOOKED LIKE IT FLIPPED. AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. YOU CAN SEE THE AIRBAGS IN THE VIDEO. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT IF THOSE INJURIES WERE SERIOUS AT ALL. WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS WE GET MORE. A COVINGTON MAN HAS DIED AFTER A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN TAYLOR MILL. THE CRASH SHUT DOWN PRIDE PARKWAY NEAR BLACKSTONE COURT, DURING YESTERDAY’S MORNING RUSH. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT CLOSURE. THE CORONER SAYS 50-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA SMITH DIED YESTERDAY AT U.C. MEDICAL CENTER. TAYLOR MILL POLICE SAY THE CRASH EJECTED SMITH FROM HIS MOTORCYCLE. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STIL

A multi-car crash is blocking lanes along I-71 near Avondale

Updated: 5:26 PM EDT Oct 27, 2022

Traffic cameras show officers at the scene of a multi-car crash on the interstate near Avondale, Thursday afternoon. Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, a crash is blocking the two left lanes along southbound Interstate 71 at Martin Luther King Drive and William Howard Taft Road. Stop-and-go traffic is backed up to U.S. 22 and Montgomery Road. Authorities advise motorists to expect minor delays. For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of this 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.

CINCINNATI —

Traffic cameras show officers at the scene of a multi-car crash on the interstate near Avondale, Thursday afternoon.

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

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, a crash is blocking the two left lanes along southbound Interstate 71 at Martin Luther King Drive and William Howard Taft Road.

Stop-and-go traffic is backed up to U.S. 22 and Montgomery Road.

Authorities advise motorists to expect minor delays.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.
Do you have photos or video of this 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.