High-speed crash causes traffic delays in Newburgh Heights

Jordan Unger
·1 min read

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) -Newburgh Heights police report a high-speed crash is to blame for an overnight road closure and traffic signal outage impacting the morning commute.

According to Chief John Majoy, shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a vehicle driving eastbound on Harvard Avenue at a high rate of speed went off the right side of the road, destroyed an RTA bus stop, hit another vehicle, and struck a pole.

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The driver was arrested for driving under the influence, and the driver of the second vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to Metro Hospital, said Majoy.

As a result, the intersection at E. 49th Street and Harvard Avenue was closed overnight and as of 6 a.m. traffic signals in the area were still not working properly.

There is no word on when the traffic signal is expected to be back up and running.

You can watch the incident in the video at the top of this screen. The crash takes place in the top left corner of the video.

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