A crash is blocking multiple lanes on south I-71 near downtown Cincinnati

[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WLWT-TV] >> I AM TRACKING MAJOR WEATHER CHANGES FROM THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOW CLOSE CINCINNATI IS TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY AND WHEN TO BRIDGERS WILL FALL OR THAN 20 DEGREES. >> GEORGE WAGGONER BEING ACCUSED OF MURDER AND WHY HIS ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FROM THE DEATH OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS. ALSO, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX GOES DAYS WITHOUT WATER. WHAT OFFICIALS NOW SAY CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND WHY RESIDENTS STILL AREN’T HAPPY WITH THE REPAIR. >> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY. STESTEVEN: MILD TEMPERATURES BU SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE IN LATER TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. WE’LL SEND THINGS STRAIGHT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN FOR THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THE RAIN ARRIVES. KATIE: WE HAVE NICE TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR SKIES RIGHT NOW. WE WILL BE IN THE 50’S AS WE HEAD THROUGH LUNCH HOUR BUT WE HAVE TEMPERATURES FALLING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 54 TO THE NORTH OF HAMILTON. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE BREEZES TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, THE WIND WILL INCREASE. WE SEE MORE OF AN INCREASED THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS MORNING. SEEING ANYWHERE FROM 10 AND 15 MILES PER HOUR GETTING BLUSTERY AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. THOSE WILL BE WINDS OF CHANGE FOR US. WE SEE SOME CLOUDS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON CLOUDS CONTINUE TO THICKEN AND OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT. THINGS WILL START TO COOL DOWN QUITE A BIT. WE HAVE A TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF MORE THAN 20 DEGREES AND WE WILL HEAR A RUMBLE OF THUNDER WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP. STEVEN? STEVEN: ATTORNEYS FOR GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH TO THE JURY ARGUING HE’S NOT A MURDERER. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE FIRST TRIAL IN THE PIKE COUNTY MASSACRE. WLWT NEWS 5’S MEREDITH STUTZ JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CASE. MEREDITH: GOOD AFTERNOON, PROSECUTORS WILL NO LONGER SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR GEORGE WAGNER AND HIS BROTHER JAKE AND PARENTS BILLY AND ANGELA. BUT THEY STILL WANT A JURY TO CONVICT HIM OF MURDER. GEORGE WAGNER’S DEFENSE TEAM HAS ARGUED HE NEVER KILLED ANY OF THE EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY. ON THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE WAGNER TESTIFIED HE DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HIS FAMILY’S PLANS TO SHOOT THE RHODENS. JAKE WAGNER HAD SAID HE WAS CONCERNED HIS DAUGHTER WITH HANNAH RHODEN WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED. AND THE WAGNER FAMILY HAD TO PROTECT HER. PROSECUTORS ARGUE GEORGE WAGNER IS JUST AS RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE HE HELPED HIS FAMILY PLAN AND CARRY OUT THE KILLINGS. DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS THE SHOOTINGS WERE NOT GEORGE’S IDEA. HE TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM HIS FAMILIES CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE. >> HE DID NOT HAVE ANY TEACHERS AS ROLE MODELS, HE DID NOT HAVE THE PARENTS OF FRIENDS HE COULD LOOK UP TO. HE WAS PRETTY MUCH SOCIALLY ISOLATED. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS EVIDENCE FROM GEORGE’S POINT OF VIEW. HE THOUGHT HIS FAMILY WAS BEING FRAMED. THAT IS WHAT ANGEL TOLD HIM AND JAKE TOLD HIM. [INDISCERNIBLE] MEREDITH: RIGHT NOW, THE PROSECUTION IS GIVING REBUTTAL CLOSINGS. THE JURY COULD POSSIBLY GET THE CASE LATE TODAY. KARIN JOHNSON IS IN THE COURTROOM RIGHT NOW AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS ARE READ. MEREDITH STUTZ, WLWT NEWS 5. STEVEN: MEREDITH, WE DO APPRECIATE IT. WLWT HAS BEEN LEADING THE WAY WITH LIVE COVERAGE, SINCE THE TRIAL STARTED MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. HARD TO BELIEVE IT. WE HAVE A LIVE STREAM ON THE WLWT FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON OUR APP, SO YOU CAN STAY ON TOP OF EVERY DEVELOPMENT. WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTH COLLEGE HILL THIS WEEKEND. POLICE FOUND 32-YEAR-OLD MAURICE SEARCY SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES ON SUNDALE AVENUE SATURDAY NIGHT. HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY A SHOOTER. CINCINNATI POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER REPORTS OF A SHOOTING DOWNTOWN. SOMEONE CALLED POLICE SAYING THEY SAW A PERSON LYING IN THE ROAD ON WEST 4TH STREET. THE VICTIM REPORTEDLY CRAWLED AWAY FROM THE SCENE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY FOUND BLOOD BUT NO VICTIM. AND SO FAR, NO LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE REPORTING A SHOOTING VICTIM SHOWING UP TO BE TREATED. PEOPLE LIVING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN HARTWELL GOT THEIR WATER BACK LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER FOUR DAYS WITHOUT IT. MANAGEMENT AT THE WILLIAMSBURG OF CINCINNATI SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT AN EMERGENCY SHUT-OFF FRIDAY. >> THEY SAY THE WATER WILL BE BACK ON IN A COUPLE HOURS THEN WHAT? >> NOTHING. IT IS AWAITING A GAME. YOU TURN THE FAUCET ON AND TRY TO FLUSH THE TOILET AND YOU GET NOTHING. STEVEN: TENANTS LINED UP TO COMPLAIN AT THE LEASING OFFICE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO RESIDENTS WORKERS TOLD WLWT NEWS 5’S JATARA MCGEE TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY. >> WHAT SERVICES THEY CAN GET HELP FOR. >> YOUR WITH WLWT FIVE NEWS RIGHT NOW GET OFF MY PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. WE WILL CALL THE POLICE IF YOU DO NOT GET OFF MY PROPERTY. >> YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT YOUR RESIDENT NOT HAVING WATER SINCE FRIDAY AND THURSDAY? >> IF YOU ASK THESE QUESTIONS YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO HELP? >> THEY SAY GREATER CINCINNATI WATER WORKS SAYS A WATER LINE, OWNED BY WILLIAMSBURG, BROKE. AND REPAIR ATTEMPTS OVER THE WEEKEND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WATER WORKS HELPED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. BUT A BOIL WATER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW AS A PRECAUTION. NEW ON WLWT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A DRIVER HIT A PEDESTRIAN DOWNTOWN. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON EAST FIFTH STREET NEAR WALNUT STREET. POLICE SAY THE PEDESTRIAN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THEY DID NOT SAY IF THE DRIVER STAYED ON SCENE OR WHO WAS AT FAULT. EVERYTHING WAS BACK OPEN BY 7:00 THIS MORNING. ALSO NEW AT NOON, A CAR CRASHES INTO A HOME IN SPRING GROVE VILLAGE, SENDING THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPTIAL. POLICE BELIEVE THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING AND LOST CONTROL ON GRAY ROAD HITTING THE SI

A crash is blocking multiple lanes on south I-71 near downtown Cincinnati

Updated: 5:33 PM EST Nov 29, 2022

Police are at the scene of a crash involving an overturned vehicle on the interstate near downtown Cincinnati. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, the three left lanes along southbound Interstate 71 at U.S. 42 and Reading Road are blocked due to a crash. Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5Stop-and-go traffic is backed up to Martin Luther King Drive. Authorities advise motorists to expect delays of up to 20 minutes. This incident was reported by police at 5:17 p.m. For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

CINCINNATI —

Police are at the scene of a crash involving an overturned vehicle on the interstate near downtown Cincinnati.

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, the three left lanes along southbound Interstate 71 at U.S. 42 and Reading Road are blocked due to a crash.

Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5

Stop-and-go traffic is backed up to Martin Luther King Drive.

Authorities advise motorists to expect delays of up to 20 minutes.

This incident was reported by police at 5:17 p.m.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.
Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.