Police: 1 dead, 1 injured after crash shuts down portion of I-75
THREATS AS WE GO THROUGH THE WORKWEEK. NIKOLE. ADAM THANK YOU. BREAKING NEWS. ALL LANES OF I-75 NORTH ARE CLOSED AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A DEADLY CRASH. WLWT NEWS 5 RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE NEAR THE HIGHWAY THIS MORNING. RICHARD, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO SEE SO FAR? NOW? HIGHWAY BEEN SHUT DOWN OVER THREE HOURS THIS MORNING. POLICE GETTING THE DISPATCH CALL AROUND 227. THIS IS NORTHBOUND I-75. THE ACCIDENT TAKING PLACE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASS TO I-74. NOW POLICE HERE, DISTRICT THREE OFFICERS CONFIRMING ONE PERSON DEAD, ANOTHER GOING TO AREA HOSPITAL. THE EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES NOT CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. WHILE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION, THEY ARE CAREFUL WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE RELEASING. BUT THEY TELL US ONE PERSON WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS TOW TRUCK HAS BEEN HERE AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, POLICE NOT CONFIRMING WHETHER THE TOW TRUCK INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT OR NOT. ANOTHER VEHICLE SEEN THERE AS WELL. BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY ONE PERSON DEAD, ANOTHER TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS, ONE PERSON WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK. NOW, AS CINCINNATI POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION, NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-75 HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE TRAFFIC UNIT HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THIS INVESTIGATION. AT THIS TIME, THEY’VE BEEN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE AS WELL AS PAYING PARTICULAR INSTANCE TO THE SKID MARKS DURING THEIR STATISTICAL DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PARTICULARLY CRITICAL IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT FACTORS MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS ACCIDENT. NOW, AS POLICE CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION, THEY’RE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE DECEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN. TRAFFIC HAS BEEN DIVERTED FROM NORTHBOUND I-75 AT HOPPLE. HIS MOTORISTS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND CENTRAL PARKWAY AS WELL AS SPRING GROVE, SO THAT HAS LED TO DETOURS AND DELAYS FOR THEM, PARTICULARLY ON THE ON RAMP. AGAIN, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND 75, ANTICIPATE THOSE ONGOING DELAYS. WE’RE PROBABL
Police: 1 dead, 1 injured after crash shuts down portion of I-75
Updated: 7:10 AM EDT Jun 7, 2026
One person is dead and another was injured after a crash that has shut down a portion of I-75 Sunday.It happened around 2:27 a.m. when Cincinnati police responded to northbound I-75 near Hopple Street for a report of a serious crash.Police found two people at the scene. One was pronounced dead, the other suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.The Traffic Unit responded to complete the investigation. Lanes have been shut down for several hours as police investigate, it’s unclear when it will reopen.
CINCINNATI —
One person is dead and another was injured after a crash that has shut down a portion of I-75 Sunday.
It happened around 2:27 a.m. when Cincinnati police responded to northbound I-75 near Hopple Street for a report of a serious crash.
Police found two people at the scene. One was pronounced dead, the other suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
The Traffic Unit responded to complete the investigation. Lanes have been shut down for several hours as police investigate, it’s unclear when it will reopen.