CLEVELAND (WJW) – Police in Cleveland intercepted a wrong-way driver on I-71. Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers with the Cleveland Division of Police stopped a driver going northbound in the southbound lanes of I-71 near the Clark Ave. bridge. ‘Brainwashed to their way of living’: Grandmother of ex-Colts player’s missing son speaks out about abuse […]
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New photos show serious crash that closed I-71 for 4 hours
*Above video: Most dangerous highways in Ohio* RICHLAND COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — New photos show how serious the crash was involving two semi-trucks that shutdown I-71 South in Richland County for four hours Saturday afternoon. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said one person in the crash was airlifted to a hospital, but didn’t have a […]
I-71 reopens following deadly wrong-way crash
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — One person is dead following a wrong-way crash that closed I-71 north early Thursday morning. According to Cleveland police, a driver going the wrong-way on the highway crashed head-on into another vehicle near the W. 150th Street exit around 1 a.m. Amazon drivers saved family in rollover crash Cleveland EMS confirmed […]
Teen killed in wrong-way crash on I-71 in Warren County was Mason High student
The 17-year-old killed in the wrong-way, head-on collision on I-71 South early Thursday is a Mason High School student, the district said in a letter to families. >> Search for male reported missing in Great Miami River at Dayton to resume Friday “Tonight, we are grieving the loss of a Mason High School student who […]
Two dead, one a Mansfield woman, after five-vehicle crash on I-71 Wednesday night
BELLVILLE – The Mansfield post of the Highway Patrol is investigating a five-vehicle fatal crash that occurred Wednesday at 10:49 p.m. on Interstate 71 near in Perry Township. in Richland County, killing two people, including a Mansfield woman and a Fairlawn man in two separate vehicles. Shawna E. Smith, 60, of Mansfield, the driver of […]
Alleged drunk driver crashes into stopped vehicle on I-71 in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (WJW) – An alleged drunk driver has been arrested after slamming into a vehicle that was pulled over to the side of a Cleveland highway near an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper early Tuesday morning. According to a press release from the patrol, a trooper initiated a traffic stop on Interstate 71 North near […]
4 people killed in fiery wrong-way crash on I-71: OSP
*Above video of I-71 crash Sunday morning is courtesy of Carl Gilliam* MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a wrong-way crash that troopers said left four people dead. Troopers 32-year-old Larry Dotson from Canton was driving an SUV the wrong-way on I-71 going northbound in the southbound lane around […]
4 dead, including 2 from Columbus, after wrong-way crash on I-71 in Morrow County
Two Columbus residents are among four people killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash early Sunday morning on Interstate 71 in Morrow County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol‘s Mount Gilead post is investigating the crash, which happened around 2:40 a.m. Sunday on I-71 near mile marker 152 in Franklin Township. According to the Highway Patrol, four […]