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Avondale traffic: Fire truck struck by car near Xavier University
DRIVE. ANNOUNCER: THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. >> 6:00, WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD OUTSIDE BUT NOT AS BITTER. HOPEFULLY TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. I AM KELLY RIPPIN. >> AM COLIN MAYFIELD. IT IS GOING TO WARM UP. LET’S GET OVER TO RANDI RICO. AND IF YOU 30’S DOWN, AT LEAST IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE THE 20’S. >> OUR WIND CHILL IS KEEPING US IN THE 30’S AND WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FLURRIES. BABY STEPS HERE. AS WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND, IT WILL FEEL EVEN WARMER THAN IT SHOULD. THERE IS A PAYOFF ONCE WE GET TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT THIS MORNING, A CHILLY START WAS VERY LIGHT SHOWERS POPPING UP. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOTAL FOR A SPRINKLE OR FLURRY OVERNIGHT. THESE ARE ALL JUST VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS FALLING THROUGH PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE A LIGHT SPRINKLE FALLING IN WAYNESVILLE, AND IN TOMORROW. BARELY ENOUGH TO WET THE ROADS. SAME THING IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BROWN COUNTY. LIVING IN THE DIRECTION OF HIGHLAND COUNTY. A COUPLE SPRINKLES AS WE START THE DAY AND A BREEZE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN MOST COMMUNITIES. YOU CAN SEE 10-15 WHILE PER HOUR WINDS. OUR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30’S BUT IT GOES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING. FROM SPRING WERE -- SPRING ROAD TO WILMINGTON. OUR ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW 40’S ONCE YOU GET INSIDE THE 275 LOOP. THE BREEZE STICKS AROUND AND AMPS UP INTO THE AFTERNOON. PLAN ON IT FEELING LIKE THE 20’S AND 30’S FOR THE MORNING DRIVE. THIS AFTERNOON, WE MAKE IT INTO THE 50’S. IF THAT’S NOT WARM ENOUGH FOR YOU, THERE IS PAYOFF FOR THE WEEKEND. KELLY: DEVELOPING ON WLWT, A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING AFTER A LOCAL FOOTBALL COACH WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING YESTERDAY. COLIN: IT HAPPENED ON BELMONT AVENUE, RIGHT BY AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL, IN COLLEGE HILL. WITNESSES TELL US THERE WAS A YOUTH FOOTBALL PRACTICE THAT WAS JUST FINISHING UP WHEN THE SHOTS STARTED FLYING. WE’RE TOLD TWO ADULTS WERE AT THEIR CARS, WHEN BOTH WERE HIT BY THE GUNFIRE. POLICE SAY ONE OF THEM, IDENTIFIED AS 37-YEAR-OLD JERMAINE KNOX, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THOSE THAT KNEW HIM, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AGREE, VIOLENCE LIKE THIS IS COMPLETELY SENSELESS. >> ITS DEVASTATING OUTCUE, HE -- DEVASTATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS A PINNACLE AND CORNERSTONE OF YOUTH FOOTBALL. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS. THE BIGGEST NAME. IF YOU WANT TO SAY YOU FOOTBALL, HE WAS FAMOUS. >> INKING ABOUT THE FAMILY, MOTHER, FATHER, AUNTS AND KIDS. IT IS GETTING MORE HORRIBLE AND WERE HORRIBLE OUT HERE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO TURN THIS THING AROUND. COLIN: THE OTHER VICTIM SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THEY WERE TAKEN TO U.C. HOSPITAL. CPD IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS. KELLY: CINCINNATI POLICE ALSO INVESTIGATING ANOTHER SHOOTING LAST NIGHT, RIGHT AT OAKLEY SQUARE, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ALLSTON STREET AND MADISON ROAD. MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNSHOTS, IN WHAT IS TYPICALLY A QUIET AREA. POLICE SAY AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. POLICE FOUND AT LEAST 16 CASINGS ON THE SEEN. OFFICIALS TELL US THIS IS THE FIRST SHOOTING IN THIS AREA THIS YEAR. COLIN: A TEENAGER CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AND KILLING ANOTHER BOY , CELEBRATING HIS 15TH BIRTHDAY , IN OVER-THE-RHINE HAS BEEN RULED COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. THE 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT, IS ONE OF TWO TEENAGERS CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF SHAWN LEWIS IN SEPTEMBER. PROSECUTORS SAY A 16-YEAR-OLD PUSHED LEWIS DOWN THEN THE 14-YEAR-OLD SHOT HIM. THE SUSPECT IS DUE BACK IN JUVENILE COURT. AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. KELLY: PROSECUTORS SAY A DEADLY OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING DURING A TENSE STANDOFF WAS JUSTIFIED. WARREN COUNTY PROSECUTOR DAVID FORNSHELL RELEASED HIS DECISION YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED BACK IN JULY WHEN ESCAPED INMATE THOMAS CROMWELL, BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOTEL ROOM IN MASON AND HELD A WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT. THE 12 HOUR STANDOFF ENDED WHEN OFFICERS BREACHED THE ROOM AND FOUND HIM HOLDING A KNIFE TO THE HOSTAGE’S NECK. A SWAT OFFICER SHOT CROMWELL ONCE KILLING HIM. , THE PROSECUTOR DETERMINED TH
Avondale traffic: Fire truck struck by car near Xavier University
Authorities are investigating a crash Wednesday morning that involved a fire truck in Avondale near the campus of Xavier University.Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5According to Cincinnati police, the fire truck was struck by a passenger vehicle at around 10:30 a.m. on Victory Parkway at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue. 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.Police report that no one was injured in the collision.For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.
Authorities are investigating a crash Wednesday morning that involved a fire truck in Avondale near the campus of Xavier University.
Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5
According to Cincinnati police, the fire truck was struck by a passenger vehicle at around 10:30 a.m. on Victory Parkway at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue.
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.
Police report that no one was injured in the collision.
For live traffic updates, click here.
This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.
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