I-71 northbound reopens after semi rolls over, is hit by another truck

Lou Whitmire, Mansfield News Journal
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Crews continue the cleanup of the over turned semi near the 183 mile marker from around 3 a.m. At 10 a.m. one lane of the northbound lanes of Interstate 71 was open around the accident scene as seen from this photo taken from the County Road 995 overpass Tuesday, March 21, 2023. TOM E. PUSKAR/ASHLAND TIMES-GAZETTE
Crews continue the cleanup of the over turned semi near the 183 mile marker from around 3 a.m. At 10 a.m. one lane of the northbound lanes of Interstate 71 was open around the accident scene as seen from this photo taken from the County Road 995 overpass Tuesday, March 21, 2023. TOM E. PUSKAR/ASHLAND TIMES-GAZETTE

ASHLAND ― One lane of northbound I-71, between U.S. 30 and U.S. 250, has reopened about seven hours after a crash that closed all three lanes early Tuesday morning, according to a patrol dispatcher.

The Ashland post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is handling the crash on Interstate 71 involving a semitractor-trailer that rolled over around 3 a.m., and shortly after was struck by another semitrailer, a dispatcher said.

All three northbound lanes of I-71 were closed after the crash until the single lane reopened around 10 a.m.

No further information is available at this time.

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This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Patrol is handling an earlier crash today on northbound lanes of I-71