CINCINNATI — UPDATE @ 10:55 P.M.
Two people were rescued after a semi crashed on an Ohio interstate overpass late Sunday afternoon.
[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]
The crash happened around 5 p.m. when a tractor-trailer crashed over the side of the Interstate 71 overpass near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Cincinnati Police told our news partner, WCPO-TV.
TRENDING STORIES:
- Ohio assistant principal charged with sexual battery of a student
- Drivers to see more orange barrels on I-75 in Montgomery Co.
- 2 juveniles injured after crash involving semi in Darke County
OHGO camera showed several officers, medics, and a wrecker at the scene. The ramp from Martin Luther King Drive to I-71 south closed in Cincinnati.
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) spokesperson Matt Bruning posted video of the crash on social media. It shows a semi driving through an intersection and hitting the overpass. The semi’s front was dangling over the I-71 overpass.
WCPO reports that the two people rescued suffered minor injuries.
ODOT says that the overpass will stay closed for several hours as diesel spilled out of the truck.
We will continue to follow this story.
[SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
