UPDATE: I-71 reopens after rollover semi-truck crash overnight in Clinton Co.
UPDATE: 8:30 a.m.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that lanes have now reopened on I-71 southbound near mile marker 55 following a crash.
🚨 ROAD OPEN 🚨 Liberty Township, Clinton County - Interstate 71 southbound lanes were closed near mile post 55 while the Wilmington Post investigated an injury crash. Traffic was being rerouted to a detour - state Route 72 south. Lanes have now reopened. pic.twitter.com/LTzf26Dr8P
— OSHP_SWOhio (@OSHP_SWOhio) January 13, 2023
INITIAL REPORT:
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is responding to a single rollover semi-truck crash on Interstate 71 in Clinton County near the Greene County line.
Troopers responded to the scene of the crash around 10:21 p.m. Thursday night, according to OHSP.
Preliminary investigations show a 2021 Volvo Semi-Truck driven by Singh Bhupinder, 42, of Bellmore, New York, was going south on I-71 when the semi went off the right side of the road.
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The semi hit multiple trees and overturned.
Bhupinder had minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
All southbound lanes of I-71 are closed from US-68 to SR-72 as of 5:43 a.m.
This crash remains under investigation by the Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
