According to FOX19 reports, Southbound Interstate 75 was closed overnight after a crash involving two Cincinnati Police Department vehicles. The incident occurred inside Cincinnati city limits near the Paddock Road exit around 11:57 p.m. yesterday. Officers were already handling an earlier incident when their cruisers were struck.
All involved officers are reported to be unharmed and were transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center "out of an abundance of caution," as per District 4 Police. FOX19 notes that Officer Ken Kober, president of the union representing Cincinnati police, confirmed the officers suffered minor injuries. The condition of the other driver involved has not yet been disclosed.
Additional coverage by WLWT revealed that the crash also included a third vehicle. The state of that driver remains unclear, but WLWT's cameras captured images of one police cruiser pressed against a concrete barrier and a grey SUV that had collided with the side of another police cruiser. All three vehicles had their airbags deployed.
The collision's aftermath mandated the shutdown of multiple lanes, squeezing traffic down to a single lane until the road eventually reopened around 2 a.m. The reports did not detail the initial accident that brought the officers to I-75 before the subsequent crash. Springfield Township police, who took the crash report, have yet to provide further updates, as cited by Local12.
