Winter Weather - Woman Killed In Massive Pileup On Icy Ohio Highway Reuters

By Joe Wessels

CINCINNATI Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:19pm EST

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - One lady was mortally wounded on Monday plus many people suffering a loss inside a 76-vehicle pileup with a strong frozen Ohio highway, probably three major crashes this blocked roadways over that state, regulators said.

Sixty cars and of sixteen tractor trailers slammed directly into one another about Interstate 275 near Cincinnati just after 11:35 a.m., said Hamilton County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Knapp.

"Eighteen several years on patrol, along with I've in no way seen everything for instance it," this individual said.

At very least 20 folks have been transferred to be able to regional hospitals by using undetermined injuries, stated Colerain Township Fire Captain Darian Edwards, who referred to "dozens involving jogging wounded" being given assistance to for the crash site.

Authorities feel this woman, whose appoint will not be released, acquired exited the woman's motor vehicle to check out an initial freeze and probably do include been minted by way of another car, Knapp said.

In an additional collision Monday on Interstate 75, 50 automobiles collided, causing an undetermined lots of accidents but absolutely no reports regarding fatalities, explained Ohio State Police Lieutenant Steve Mahl. The freeze occurred within a space in between Middletown and Monroe, in the southwestern component of the state

A next crash close to Mansfield, in the north-central part of the actual state, induced a 13-car pileup upon U.S. Highway 71, Mahl said, introducing this exclusively minor accidental injuries had been reported in this crash.

All throughout Ohio on Monday, staff are actually rivalling using ice, durations of whiteout, as well as snow-covered plus slippery roadways, stated Mahl. "It's typical winter months weather condition out there here."

(Reporting By Joe Wessel in addition to Chris Francescani; Editing by way of Mary Wisniewski plus Eric Beech)