I-75 S reopens south of Austin Landing after injury crash sends one to hospital

UPDATE @ 12:42 a.m.:

Interstate 75 south of the Austin Landing exit just before the Springboro Franklin exit is now open after being shut down following a vehicle accident.

The single vehicle crash occurred when a car traveling northbound on I-75 drove into the median then into the southbound lane causing the car to flip at least one time, according to troopers.

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One male, the driver of the car, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, troopers said.

The southbound lanes were shut down for about an hour.

It is not known what caused the accident.

UPDATE @ 11:55 p.m.:

The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 are shut down due to debris in the roadway following a rollover crash involving more than one vehicle, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lebanon Post.

It is not clear how many people are injured, nor whether any lanes will reopen soon.

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The crash was reported around 11:45 p.m. at the 40 milepost, south of the Austin Landing exit just before the Springboro Franklin exit.

Credit: ODOT

Credit: ODOT

FIRST REPORT

Crews were called tonight to a report of an injury crash on in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 south of the Austin Landing exit.

The crash was reported around 11:45 p.m.

According to initial reports, at least one vehicle was on its top.

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The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lebanon Post is investigating.

We have a crew on the way and will update this report.

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