86 car pileup on Ohio interstate

[King Ghidorah]

www.local12.com/content/breaking_news/story/12-Year-Old-Girl-Killed-After-Multi-Car-Pileup-on/1t2q9pb8HkKwSTKLhxQXAg.cspx

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office tell Local 12 that the person who died after an 86 vehicle crash on I-275 at Colerain Avenue is a 12 year old girl. The eastbound lanes of the highway reopened around 5:30 p.m. and the westbound side opened up around 6:45p.m.

Officials say the girl was outside her vehicle when she was either struck by another vehicle or was struck by a wire on a guardrail, which snapped.

The Hamilton County Sheriff says 20 people were taken to area hospitals after the crash, which happened on the westbound side of the highway at 11:30 a.m. Monday. The girl who died was standing in the median after the initial crash when she was killed. Deputies originally told Local 12 that the victim was a woman.

Local 12's Howard Ain says there were at least nine semi-truck involved in the crash scene. The Ohio Department of Transportation estimates the westbound side of the highway will remain closed until sometime on Monday evening.

[Gopher Mod]

To add on to this, a second pile up of 52 cars happened not far away on I-75 in the Dayton area:

www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/several-vehicles-in-i-75-crash-pileup/nT3cm/

Thankfully, nobody was killed during that.

[Toxik916]

Damn that would be crazy to be involved in an accident of that magnitude.

[Dave the Dave]

they happened so close together it was weird. The flash snow and construction didn't help.

[The Scuba Guy]

No joke, a 30 car pile-up happened on I-270 here closer to Columbus.

3 in one day. Damn.

[Citizen Grimm]

Yeah, as a native Buckeye, it doesn't surprise me that this happened in Ohio.

I have no idea why but people drive much different there than in Michigan.

Very tragic to hear about.

[Lancers]

I was in Ohio on vacation in 1994. Literally the first thing I see in Sandusky is a car accident. Ohio drivers suck.

[Gopher Mod]

Jan 22, 2013 1:00:08 GMT -5 Lancers said:

I was in Ohio on vacation in 1994. Literally the first thing I see in Sandusky is a car accident. Ohio drivers suck.

I wouldn't exactly say that. There are quite a number of us who are apt drivers and know what to do. However, there are some (like every other state) that shouldn't have passed their driver's test and gotten behind the wheel of a vehicle.

[Mozenrath]

Jan 22, 2013 1:00:08 GMT -5 Lancers said:

I was in Ohio on vacation in 1994. Literally the first thing I see in Sandusky is a car accident. Ohio drivers suck.

What an unfortunate name for a town.