Police close section of State Route 747 after semi-truck rollover

>> NOW ON WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 22 CHARGES. FROM THE VERDICT TO REACTION FROM FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS AND THE PROSECUTION ON THE WIN. MEREDITH STUTZ IS LIVE THIS MORNING. KELLY: PLUS, BREAKING NEWS A CAR CRASHES INTO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. MEGAN MITCHELL IS ON THE SCENE, WITH THE DAMAGE AND WHAT STUDENTS CAN EXPECT THIS MORNING. RANDI: FREEZING COLD START TO DECEMBER BUT SOME 50S ARE ON THE WAY. MY PREDICITON FOR SHOWERS LEADING UP TO WORLD CUP WATCH PARTIES AND WHEN THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT AGAIN. >> GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. AFTER A TRIAL THAT LASTED ALMOST THREE MONTHS, A JURY RETURNS A VERDICT IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS OF DELIBERATION. THANKS FOR JOINING US I’M KELLY RIPPIN. STEVEN: I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH. IS HEADED TO PRISON. HE WAS CHARGED FOR HIS ROLE FOR THE KILLINGS OF 8 MEMBERS OF RHODEN FAMILY, IN PIKE COUNTY, MEGAN 2016 THE VICTIMS, — BACK IN 2016. THE VICTIMS, CHRISTOPHER RHODEN SENIOR, FRANKIE RHODEN, DANA LYNN RHODEN, GARY RHODEN, HANNA MAY RHODEN, HANNAH GILLEY, KENNETH RHODEN. AND 16-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER RHODEN JUNIOR. >> ALL OF THE VICTIMS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE SAME NIGHT. MOST, WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING. AFTER THE VERDICT, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE, SHARING THIS MESSAGE WITH THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS. >> I KNOW THE VERDICT DOES NOT BRING YOUR LOVED ONES BACK. I KNOW THAT. BUT I DO HOPE IT GIVES YOU SOME SEMBLANCE OF PEACE. >> THAT ANOTHER ONE OF THE EVIL MONSTERS THAT DID THIS TO YOUR FAMILY ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE >> FROM INSIDE THE COURTROOM TO REACTION TO THE VERDICT. WE HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU THIS MORNING. OUR CREWS SPENT THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IN PIKE COUNTY, REPORTING ON THE TRIAL FOR YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE HEARING FROM THE RHODEN FAMILY. WLWT NEWS 5’S MEREDITH STUTZ JOINS US LIVE FROM WAVERLY THIS MORNING, MEREDITH IT’S BEEN A LONG WAIT FOR JUSTICE FOR THE RHODEN FAMILY. MEREDITH: YES IT HAS BEEN. AND AS WE HEARD FROM PATRIARCH TONY RHODEN THE VERDICT BRINGS A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE BUT THERE IS STILL ONE MORE CASE TO GO GEORGE’S FATHER BILLY STILL MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE, BUT AS OF THIS MORNING THREE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED MURDER AMONG OTHER CHARGES. AS THE VERDICT WAS READ IN THE TRIAL OF GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH, YOU COULD HEAR THE AUDIBLE GASP OF RELIEF. FAMILY MEMBERS HUGGING EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS, SIX YEARS. THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, MURDERED, MOST OF THEM WHILE THEY SLEPT, IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS, BEFORE ARRESTS WERE EVEN MADE. AND IT TURNED OUT, TO BE FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE FRIENDS OF THEIRS. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MURDERS WERE OVER A CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE INVOLVING JAKE WAGNER AND ONE OF THE VICTIM’S HANNAH RHODEN. THE RHODEN FAMILY, LEANING ON EACH OTHER DURING A NEARLY 3 MONTH LONG TRIAL. AND OPENING UP TO US AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER. >> WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEARD THE FIRST GUILTY VERDICT. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU CARE TO COMMENT? >> I FELT SORRY FOR HIM. >> WHY? >> BECAUSE HE IS HUMAN. >> HOW DO YOU FIND HUMANITY AT A TIME LIKE THIS WHEN HE DID SO MUCH TO YOUR FAMILY? >> I THINK WE ALL HAVE HUMAN IN US. THERE IS JUST A DIFFERENCE IN US. MEREDITH: A POWERFUL THING TO HEAR FROM A FAMILY WHO HAS EVER RIGHT TO FEEL HATE BUT INSTEAD THEY SHOWED COMPASSION. GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE WAS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE TIME, AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE RHODAN FAMILY. >> YOU HAVE REMAINED IN MY THOUGHTS AS HAVE YOUR LOVED ONES WHO WERE MURDERED. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU SPENT DAYS IN THE COURT ROOM DAY AFTER DAY WATCHING THE TRIAL AND WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT. YOU NEVER GAVE UP, YOU NEVER LOST FAITH AND TODAY YOU’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO HAVING FINAL JUSTICE. MEREDITH: NOW WE LOOK AHEAD, TO SENTENCING. THE JUDGE SAYING IT WOULD TAKE PLACE THIS MONTH SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 14TH AND CHRISTMAS. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. AGAIN, GEORGE WAGNER FACES LIFE IN PRISON. STEVEN: HE SPOKE ABOUT THE GRACE THIS FAMILY IS SHOWING IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT WHERE THEY GO FROM HERE? MEREDITH: THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME. THE FAMILY IS SAYING THEY WANT TO BE GIVEN THEIR PRIVACY , CONTINUE TO BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, AND SPEND THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER. BEING THANKFUL FOR WHAT THEY STILL HAVE BUT KNOW THEY STILL HAVE POSSIBLY ONE MORE TRIAL TO GET THROUGH KELLY: DON’T FORGET, YOU CAN FIND OUR FULL COVERAGE OF THE VERDICT THE REACTIONS AND THE FULL BACKGROUND OF THE PIKE COUNTY MASSACRE ON OUR WEBSITE WLWT.COM. MORE BREAKING NEWS, POLICE INVESTIGATING THIS MORNING, AFTER A CAR CRASHES INTO A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. STEVEN: THIS HAPPENED AT WOODWARD TECHNICAL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL, ON READING ROAD. MEGAN: YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE CAR CRASHED INTO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DOUBLE DOOR. IT TORE ONE AND CRUSH THE OTHER — CRUST –CRUSHED THE OTHER. IT FEELS LIKE A CHOICE THAT SOMEONE MADE TO CROSS OVER THIS. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED HERE AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING. STEVEN: DEFINITELY A VIOLENT CRASH LOOKING AT THE PICTURES

Police close section of State Route 747 after semi-truck rollover

Updated: 8:58 AM EST Dec 1, 2022

West Chester police have closed a section of State Route 747 after a tractor-trailer overturned and brought wires down, Thursday morning.Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5Officials announced that S.R. 747 would be closed between Union Centre Boulevard and Port Union Road for the foreseeable future.The tractor-trailer was the only vehicle involved in the incident, and injuries are said to be minor. There is no timetable as to when the road will reopen, due to the fallen power lines. For live traffic updates, click here.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.

BECKETT RIDGE, Ohio —

West Chester police have closed a section of State Route 747 after a tractor-trailer overturned and brought wires down, Thursday morning.

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

Officials announced that S.R. 747 would be closed between Union Centre Boulevard and Port Union Road for the foreseeable future.

The tractor-trailer was the only vehicle involved in the incident, and injuries are said to be minor.

There is no timetable as to when the road will reopen, due to the fallen power lines.

For live traffic updates, click here.

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.