Truck crash into bridge causes closure of West Main Street in Batavia

Truck crash into bridge causes closure of West Main Street in Batavia

Updated: 2:15 PM EDT Mar 25, 2024

MEMORIAL SERVICES... NOW UNDERWAY FOR A BELOV RIGHT NOW, AT NOON, HAPPENING NOW. MEMORIAL SERVICES UNDERWAY FOR A BELOVED 18 YEAR OLD WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE FINAL FAREWELL FAREWELLS FROM A HEARTBROKEN COMMUNITY. PLUS, BREAKING NEWS, SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE REDS FRANCHISE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS WILL BE ON HAND FOR THE OPENING DAY PARADE. THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, MADE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. AND COLD WEEKEND WINDS LEFT US FEELING LIKE WINTER. BUT IT’S BACK TO SPRING AGAIN TODAY. HOW MANY DAYS ARE GOING TO GET TO ENJOY THE 60S THIS WEEK? PLUS, WHEN RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW? THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY. OKAY, IT’S DRY, A LITTLE BREEZY FOR NOW. RAIN EVENTUALLY WILL MAKE. ITS WAY TO US. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M KELLY RIPPIN AND I’M MEGAN MITCHELL, WLWT NEWS FIVE METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN TRACKING THE CHANGES FOR US THAT ARE HAPPENING WHEN KATIE. YEAH. SO AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THOSE SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE FOR US. RIGHT NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT DRY SKIES. YOU HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OUT SIDE AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THE 60S. IT’S 63 RIGHT NOW IN CINCINNATI KENWOOD ANDERSON DELAWARE AND ERLANGER. AT 58 WE HAVE 57 IN FAIRFIELD, MIDDLETOWN AND SPRINGBORO IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 50S. OUTSIDE THE 275 LOOP, A LOT OF WARMTH, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF 7175 SPLIT, LOT OF LOW 60S. THERE. BROOKSVILLE, FALMOUTH, DRY RIDGE AND OWENTON ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO AROUND 61, SLIGHTLY COOLER UP NORTH, BUT THAT WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE IN HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. DO YOU HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS TO DEAL WITH? THEY ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH, SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE WARMING WINDS FOR US. THEY’RE GOING TO GUST BETWEEN ABOUT 20 AND 25 FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. IT’S NOT UNTIL TONIGHT THAT WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THOSE WINDS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35MPH. SO MAYBE BRING THE HAT WITH YOU IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT TO AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS. A LOT OF KIDS ON SPRING BREAK THIS WEEK, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO BE AT THE BALL FIELDS, MIDDLE 60S AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 60S, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A TIMELINE FOR TONIGHT’S RAIN COMING UP. MEGAN AND KELLY. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, THANK YOU. SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT NOON. EXPECT TO SEE SOME BIG NAMES ON REDS OPENING DAY. YES. THE REDS REVEALING FAN FAVORITE SEAN CASEY WILL THROW THE CEREMONY FIRST PITCH AT GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK ON THURSDAY. CASEY IS THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE 1999 REDS TEAM THAT WILL BE WELL FEATURED ON THE OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES. DMITRI YOUNG AND POKEY REESE WILL SERVE AS GRAND MARSHALS. THE REDS ARE CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1999 TEAM ON OPENING DAY. THAT TEAM WENT 96 AND 67, WHICH IS THE REDS BEST RECORD SINCE THE 1976 BIG RED MACHINE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT REDS HALL OF FAMER MARTY BRENNAMAN WILL SERVE AS THE HONORARY CAPTAIN OF THE GAME THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEBUT AS THE REDS BROADCASTER. THE GAME BALL WILL BE DELIVERED BY 1977. NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP GEORGE FOSTER. A GREAT LINEUP THIS YEAR. AND JUST REMEMBER WLWT THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN WATCH THE PARADE AND THE GAME ALL IN ONE. WE’RE GOING TO START THINGS OFF WITH PARADE COVERAGE AT NOON, FOLLOWED BY OUR THROWBACK SPECIAL OPENING DAY. SINCE HIS HOMETOWN HOLIDAY AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT HOW THE TRADITION STARTED, AND THE BIG NAMES WHO’VE BEEN A PART OF IT. YOU COULD ALSO WATCH THE FIRST PITCH BETWEEN THE NATIONALS AND THE REDS RIGHT HERE ON WLWT AT 3 P.M., AND THEN AFTER THE FINAL OUT, JOIN WLWT NEWS FIVE FOR A SPECIAL HOUR LONG POST-GAME NEWSCAST. ALL RIGHT, HAPPENING NOW SERVICES ARE UNDERWAY FOR AN 18 YEAR OLD WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. CARSON HUGHES WENT MISSING AT VERSAILLES STATE PARK MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, AND HIS BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE LAKE DAYS LATER. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK IS AT A JAC-CEN-DEL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM RIGHT NOW. DANIELLE. YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON GUYS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT HEARTS ARE HEAVY HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COMMUNITY BIDS THEIR FINAL FAREWELL TO CARSON HUGHES. NOW, AS YOU GUYS BOTH KNOW, THE 18 YEAR-OLD WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER LEAVES BEHIND QUITE THE LEGACY. AT SCHOOL, HE WAS A FIXTURE IN THE CLASSROOM, A THREE SPORT ATHLETE WHOSE LOVE FOR NATURE WAS ONLY OUTSHINED BY HIS PASSION FOR HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MAKING PEOPLE SMILE. NOW THAT JOY LIVES ON IN ALL THE COUNTLESS PHOTOS HE’S CAPTURED. IF YOU RECALL, HUGHES WENT MISSING TEN DAYS AGO AT VERSAILLES STATE PARK. DAYS LATER, HIS BODY WAS FOUND. SINCE THE DAY HE WENT MISSING, THE COMMUNITY HAS RALLIED TOGETHER, LEANING ON EACH OTHER JUST AS HUGHES WOULD WANT THEM TO. ON FRIDAY, THE DELAWARE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD A FISH FRY IN HIS HONOR, RAISING MORE THAN $24,000 FOR THE CARSON HUGHES MEMORIAL FUND. AND AS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THE COMMUNITY IS DOING. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ONE OF THE THREE SPORT ATHLETES I WAS WAS TALKING ABOUT, HE ALSO PLAYED BASEBALL HERE. IT SAYS WE LOVE CARSON OUT HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE’S ALSO RED AND BLUE RIBBONS THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE STREETS LEADING UP TO THE HIGH SO OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY HERE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE VISITATION JUST STARTED HERE AT 12 AND IT GOES UNTIL FIVE. AND THAT’S WHEN THE THE FUNERAL ALSO STARTS. BUT REPORTING OUT HERE LIVE IN RIPLEY COUNTY, DANIELLE DINDAK WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT DANIELLE, THANK YOU. AND CINCINNATI POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN WEST PRICE HILL OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS HAPPENED AT SAINT LAWRENCE AVENUE AROUND FOUR IN THE ALERTED OFFICERS ABOUT THIS SHOOTING. BUT POLICE HAVE NOT GIVEN MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN IF ANYONE WAS INJURED. POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A CAR THEFT THAT ENDED IN A FIERY CRASH IN WEST PRICE HILL. THIS HAPPENED ON WYOMING AVENUE SHORTLY AFTER 5:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE ON SCENE SAY A PASSERBY CALLED TO REPORT A VEHICLE ON FIRE. AND WE’RE TOLD THAT A STOLEN VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A POLE BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. THERE WAS NO SUSPECT AT THE SCENE AND NO REPORTED INJURIES. DEVELOPING OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS TODAY, A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND LEAVING ONE PERSON DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED, INCLUDING AN OFF DUTY OFFICER. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 130 SUNDAY MORNING, TWO OFF DUTY OFFICERS WERE WORKING A SECURITY DETAIL IN FULL UNIFORM AT A BAR WHEN THEY HEARD A DISTURBANCE IN THE PARKING LOT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICERS AND AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT FIRED AT EACH OTHER DURING THE EXCHANGE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT, INCLUDING AN OFFICER. ARE NOW RECOVERING. WE’RE SORRY THAT SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE HERE TONIGHT. I’M ALSO VERY HAPPY THAT OUR OFFICER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT THERE’S A THAT THERE’S A LONG ROAD AHEAD FOR HIM AS HE DEALS WITH THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF OF THIS SITUATION. THE MARION COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, AND THE TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. NEXT AT NOON, THE LATEST ON THE TERROR ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA. THE SUSPECT OF THE SUSPECTS BEING MARCHED INTO COURT AND THE POSSIBLE PUNISHMENTS. AND WHERE THOSE MEN CAME FROM. PLUS OUTRAGE FROM THE UN AS FOOD CONVOYS ARE BLOCKED FROM ENTERING GAZA BY ISRAEL, SAYS THE UN’S WORKERS ARE TO BLAME. AND WE HAVE MORE CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WE REALLY AREN’T GOING TO BE SEEING ANY KIND OF WET WEATHER, THOUGH, UNTIL TONIGHT. MY TIMELINE FOR SOME OVERNIGHT RAIN AND A LOOK AT A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS. TOMORROW’

Truck crash into bridge causes closure of West Main Street in Batavia

Updated: 2:15 PM EDT Mar 25, 2024

According to the ODOT Twitter page, a truck carrying a backhoe hit the State Route 32 bridge over West Main Street in Batavia. No injuries have been reported at this time.Police and fire responders have been dispatched to the scene.While S.R. 32 remains open, West Main St. is currently closed. Click the video player above to watch other headlines from WLWT News 5This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play.For live traffic updates, click here.Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

BATAVIA, Ohio —

According to the ODOT Twitter page, a truck carrying a backhoe hit the State Route 32 bridge over West Main Street in Batavia. No injuries have been reported at this time.

Police and fire responders have been dispatched to the scene.

While S.R. 32 remains open, West Main St. is currently closed.

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Clermont County - Village of Batavia

S.R. 32 bridge over Main Street in Batavia was hit by a truck carrying a backhoe. ODOT Clermont County on scene along with PD and Fire. District Bridge Department is responding. S.R. 32 is open, Main Street is closed at this time.

— ODOT Cincinnati (@ODOT_Cincinnati) March 25, 2024

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