Tue Jul 31

Crash slows traffic on SB I-71 in Warren Co.

Posted by rrichardson July 31st, 2012, 8:27 am

UPDATE, 10 a.m.: All lanes have reopened on southbound Interstate 71 between the Western Row and Fields Ertel exits after a two-vehicle crash including a Greyhound bus shut down the two right lanes during morning rush hour, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Four people were injured when a car collided with a bus just after 7 a.m. Three people on the bus and one person in the car, a Buick, suffered non-life threatening injuries, a dispatcher said.

All were taken to Bethesda North Hospital in nearby Montgomery.

The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.

ORIGINAL STORY

Jennifer Baker Edwards reports:

A crash involving a Greyhound bus has shut down the two right lanes of southbound Interstate 71 between the Western Row and Fields Ertel exits, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Traffic is backing up to the Kings Mills Exit and beyond, a dispatcher said.

A person inside a vehicle was injured about 7:07 a.m. after that car somehow collided with the bus, she said.

No one on the bus was hurt.

All injuries reported so far are considered non-life threatening.

It is not clear when the highway will fully reopen.

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