This morning, the Ross Local School District was forced to implement a two-hour delay across all schools. This decision followed an early morning vehicle crash that caused significant disruption to the power supply, as reported in a social media announcement via WCPO from the district at around 5:56 a.m. The accident severely damaged significant power lines, impacting the district's main campus.
According to the district's statement, morning Kindergarten and preschool sessions had to be canceled. Despite these disruptions, the Butler Tech transfer bus from the high school operated according to its usual schedule. The social media update advised the community to "please stay tuned for further communication," indicating the fluid nature of the situation, according to WCPO.
Early specifics from the crash site, as provided by FOX19 News, state that the accident occurred at approximately 4:50 a.m. today on southbound U.S. 27, near the Ross firehouse. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incident, which left almost 300 local Duke Energy customers without power.
Duke's outage map described the cause of the incident as an "object coming into contact with our power lines." An initial estimation by Duke Energy suggested that the power would be restored at around 8 a.m. today, as reported by WCPO. Yet, this estimate was pushed back, with complete restoration expected by 2 p.m. for the remaining 115 affected households, mainly along US-27.
