One dead, one injured, following crash in Florence Sunday morning

THE WAY ON. BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AN OVERNIGHT CRASH THAT INJURED PERSON AND CAUSED A MAJOR TRAFFIC BACK UP. AND A COMMUNITY PUTS SUPPORT BEHIND A FATHER AND A VETERAN LIVING WITH AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR. HOW THEY’RE HELPING HIM MAKE ENDS MEET. WE’RE TRADING YESTERDAY’S RAIN AND STORMS FOR SUNSHINE. A WILDFIRE SMOKE AND SOME FOG THIS MORNING. I HAVE THE LATEST ON A NEW AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR THE AREA. PLUS, A LOOK AT OUR MONDAY STORM. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY LEADING WAY. 7:00 ON YOUR SUNDAY. GOOD MORNING ON LACEY ROBERTS METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN. THOSE STORMS YESTERDAY HAVE MOVED OUT. TODAY WE’RE WITH A DIFFERENT ISSUE. YEAH, AIR QUALITY. SO WE’VE GOT SOME FAIRLY HEAVY CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE OVERHEAD. I MEAN, THE SKY LOOKS GRAY. NOW WIDESPREAD. IT IS. IT’S NOT GREAT. SO IF YOU’RE SENSITIVE, THAT TYPE OF THING, KEEP THAT IN MIND. CAN’T SEE THE SUN ANYMORE. IT’S BEHIND THE BANNER. IT’S COME UP A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH. BUT WE HAD A RED SUNRISE THIS MORNING, SO IT’S SHINING THROUGH ALL THAT SMOKE. THE RED LIGHT GETS FILTERED THROUGH. THAT’S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THE SKY ALL DAY TODAY. IT’S NOT GREAT. SOME OF THIS IS FOG AS YOU LOOK BACK TOWARDS LUNKEN AIRPORT HERE. BUT ALL OF THIS, THAT’S HAZE THAT’S THE SMOKE THAT’S COME IN. SO IT’S REALLY A GREAT SITUATION OUTSIDE TODAY. VISIBILITY FROM CINCINNATI, LUNKEN AIRPORT UP THROUGH ABOUT WILMINGTON, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEEING PATCHY, DENSE FOG. WE HAVE AREAS OF NO VISIBILITY. SO AROUND A QUARTER OR LESS FOR SOME LOCATIONS THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THAT, A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS OUT THROUGH 9:00. THAT INCLUDES BROWN COUNTY, CLINTON COUNTY AND HIGHLAND COUNTY MORNING, WARREN COUNTY AND CLERMONT COUNTY. YOU HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS. IT WAS CANCELED EARLY FOR YOUR AREA. SO THINGS STARTING IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY IN THOSE LOCATIONS. BUT AGAIN, AIR QUALITY A BIG PROBLEM FOLLOWING THE FOG. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT THROUGH THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. SO IT’S INCLUDES GREATER CINCINNATI NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND OUR SOUTHEAST INDIANA COMMUNITIES. IF YOU ARE TO AIR QUALITY, IF YOU HAVE BREATHING, NOT THE TIME TO BE OUTSIDE PROBABLY NOT THE BEST NIGHT TO HEAD TO THE REDS GAME. IF THAT’S THE CASE. WE HAVE FIRST PITCH AT 140 HAZY SUNSHINE THAT POINT. WIDESPREAD SMOKE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THEN THROUGH THE LAST OUT. LESS HUMID IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF THAT GAME. HUMIDITY WILL BE DROPPING ALL AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SO WEST WINDS PULLING IN THE SMOKE BUT ALSO PULLING IN MORE COMFORTABLE AIR FOR US. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THOSE CHANGES THEN THE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT FOLLOW INTO THE NEW WEEK COMING UP. KATY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS INJURED. A CRASH THAT SHUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY OVERNIGHT, RIDGEWOOD, KENTUCKY. THIS HAPPENING AROUND AT 1230 THIS MORNING ON. I-75 SOUTH AT THAT RIDGEWOOD EXIT. THE EXTENT OF THAT PERSON’S ARE UNKNOWN, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AIR CARE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE HIGHWAY WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSING A MAJOR BACKUP WITH TWO LANES REOPENING JUST AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR. BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THOSE LANES ARE BACK OPEN. A YOUNG GIRL WILL BE LAID TO REST ONE WEEK AFTER A DRIVE BY SHOOTING TOOK HER. DEMY ABAD PICKENS DIED THIS PAST MONDAY AFTER TWO MEN FIRED DOZENS OF SHOTS INTO GRANDMOTHER’S HOME IN SILVERTON. THE COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED TO RALLY AROUND THIS FAMILY. WLWT NEWS 5 RICHARD CHILES JOINS US WITH HER FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND HOW SHE’S CONTINUING TO BE HONORED. LACY IT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL WEEK. SO MANY, AGAIN, JUST SEEING THESE BRIGHT EYES JUST HEARTBROKEN AT THE LOSS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL GET A CHANCE TO SAY THEIR FINAL TO MAYA BARTON PICKENS TOMORROW MORNING. THE NINE YEAR OLD’S DEATH SENDING SHOCKWAVES. SILVERTON AND THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE. NOW, MEMBERS OF THIS TIGHT COMMUNITY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE MAYA ALMOST EVERY DAY SINCE SHE WAS KILLED. TODAY, CERTAINLY GOING TO NO EXCEPTION. HER CHEER TEAM DEDICATING THEIR WATER DRIVE FUNDRAISER TO MAYA’S MEMORY. ALL THAT’S HAPPENING NEAR HYDE PARK PLAZA WILL TAKE PLACE AT NOON TODAY. THOSE KNEW MAYA DESCRIBE HER LEADERSHIP IN HER ENERGY AND HER ENTHUSIASM. FRIENDS SAY SHE WAS ALWAYS SMILING. SHE WAS CHEERING FOR THE WEST SIDE PANTHERS OR HEADING OFF TO SCHOOL IN ALLIANCE ACADEMY. SHE WAS VERY LOUD, ENERGETIC AND JUST HAPPY. SHE GOT HERE. SHE LIKE SHE GOT THE ENERGY TEACHER READY TO GO. SO HAPPY LIKE SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY. THAT’S ALL I REMEMBER IS HAPPY AND JOYFUL. ADMIRES VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH ON TENNESSEE AVENUE. IT’S GOING TO TAKE PLACE FROM 10:00 UNTIL 11:30 A.M. ON MONDAY. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING LACEY. RICHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE COMMUNITY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR AN AIR FORCE VETERAN AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER TYLER NUTTALL WAS DIAGNOSED AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR LAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET EVER SINCE HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. AND HE CURRENTLY IS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE GUARD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HE’S MEDICALLY DISCHARGED, BUT HE TELLS US IT WON’T BE FINAL UNTIL 2024. THE ARE ADDING UP AND HE CAN’T BARTON THAT ELI’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL BECAUSE OF THE TUMOR HE’S BEEN THROUGH RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY THE TUMOR IS IMPACTING SOME OF HIS MOTOR SKILLS SO HE CAN’T TYLER SPIRIT IS CONTAGIOUS HE’S INSPIRING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FOUR YEAR OLD SON. THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE AND THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T WORRY THINGS THAT AREN’T IN YOUR CONTROL, ONLY THINGS THAT ARE YOUR CONTROL. SO AND THAT’S THE THING. SO PROUD YOU NEVER GIVES UP. 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One dead, one injured, following crash in Florence Sunday morning

Updated: 4:21 PM EDT Jul 16, 2023

One person has died following a crash on U.S. 42 in Florence Sunday morning.The Florence Police Department responded to a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 42. near Grand Avenue, at 10:17 a.m.According to a media release, upon arrival, officers discovered a vehicle that was traveling westbound on U.S. 42 had collided with a vehicle that was traveling eastbound on that road.Officers determined that a white Nissan Sentra traveling westbound veered into the eastbound lanes of travel, striking a red Chevrolet Malibu head-on. Florence EMS attended to the drivers of both vehicles.The driver of the white Nissan, Megan Ruoff, 34, of Florence, was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence where she succumbed to her injuries.The driver of the red Chevrolet was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and is listed in stable condition.The name of that driver has not yet been released.The Florence Police Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scene of the collision and will conduct further investigations.

FLORENCE, Ky. —

One person has died following a crash on U.S. 42 in Florence Sunday morning.

The Florence Police Department responded to a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 42. near Grand Avenue, at 10:17 a.m.

Florence Police Department

According to a media release, upon arrival, officers discovered a vehicle that was traveling westbound on U.S. 42 had collided with a vehicle that was traveling eastbound on that road.

Officers determined that a white Nissan Sentra traveling westbound veered into the eastbound lanes of travel, striking a red Chevrolet Malibu head-on.

Florence EMS attended to the drivers of both vehicles.

The driver of the white Nissan, Megan Ruoff, 34, of Florence, was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence where she succumbed to her injuries.

The driver of the red Chevrolet was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and is listed in stable condition.

The name of that driver has not yet been released.

The Florence Police Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scene of the collision and will conduct further investigations.