Injured Man Taken to Cincinnati Hospital After School Bus Accident in Northern Kentucky
A Stephens Elementary School bus slowed at a stop sign to make a right turn when a car slammed into the back of it. Although it isn’t known what speed the 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT was going when it hit, it must have been traveling fairly fast as half the car ended up jammed under the rear of the bus. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the 33-year-old driver from Union, KY was heading south on North Bend Road in Burlington, KY when he failed to see the bus slowing in front of him. He hit the bus, crumpling his car from the hood to the front seat. Incredibly despite the...
continue readingOhio Woman Struck and Killed by Police Cruiser
An Ohio woman was killed after she was struck by a police cruiser early Thursday morning in Dayton. The cruiser, driven by a 32-year-old deputy, was traveling westbound on Needmore Road when he hit the 43-year-old Dayton woman. A sergeant from the Ohio State Highway Patrol has stated, ‘It would have been the same thing if anybody would have been driving – not necessarily just a deputy. It’s a dark intersection, the roadway is dark there’s no real businesses here that light up the area, and I think this would’ve happened to anybody. It just so happens it happened to a...
continue readingTwo Fatal Semi Truck Accidents In Ohio Last Week
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, a fatal crash shut down State Road 32 in Adams County. The horrific collision occurred little before 6:00 a.m. on eastbound SR 32 near Portsmouth Road. A 54-year-old man from Amelia was traveling down the highway when an 18-wheeler failed to stop at a stop sign and turned in front of him, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported. The semi truck was being driven by a man from Buford, Georgia when it slammed into the Amelia man’s pickup truck. The driver of the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials conducted a thorough investigation of the crash, shutting...
continue readingSecond Sunday Family Showtime at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center
This Sunday, Feb. 12, the Clifton Cultural Arts Center will host its Second Sunday Family Showtime. Jack and the Gentle Giant, presented by The Madcap Puppets Theatre Company, is a sequel to the famous fairy tale Jack and the Bean Stalk. The story finds a grown-up Jack faced with the gargantuan task of taming the most despicable giant of them all. He teams up with his sons and his magic bean stalk, which can talk, to get the job done. In addition to the title story, Sunday’s performance will offer audiences three more tall tales: The Stone Giant, an Iroquois legend; The Heartless...
continue readingTwo Dead and Another in Critical Condition after New Richmond Motorcycle Accident
This past Tuesday afternoon, the intersection of US-52 and Adamson Road in New Richmond was the scene of a terrible crash involving three motorcycles and a cement truck. The three motorcyclists were traveling together, eastbound on US-52, when one of them lost control and veered into oncoming traffic striking a cement truck. The cement truck overturned and then hit the other two riders, according to a Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Wayne Price. Officials stated that two of the motorcycles caught fire and one man, 53-year-old Larry Gillinger of Fayetteville, was badly burned but...
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