Aircare reports crash due to closure of State Route 32 in Batavia

SO. RAIN IS AFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE'S COMMUNICATIONS THIS MORNING, AND THERE COULD BE MORE RAIN IN THE EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THE LUNCHTIME. I'M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND MEGAN MITCHELL. LET'S START WITH METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN. SO KATIE, WE KNOW A FEW THINGS. OF COURSE THERE WAS THE FIRST ROUND, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE RAIN TODAY. YES, THERE IS DEFINITELY. SO WE'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. SO IN THIS LUNCHTIME. RIGHT NOW. BUT OFFICIALLY, IT HAS FALLEN A LITTLE OVER A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN CVG THIS MORNING…IT'S DRY IN WEST COLLEGE CORNER AND OXFORD, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL SPOTS OF LIGHT RAIN FROM WEST UNION TO MANCHESTER, MAYSVILLE, AND THEN IN PLACES IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS STILL LIGHT. BUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL ROUND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. JUST JUST. SO IT'S A COOL DAY. 72 IN BATAVIA. AND IN DELHI WE HAVE ABOUT 71. AND OUR TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY GET ABOVE THE 70S TODAY. THANKS TO THE CLOUD COVER. AND THANKS TO A LITTLE RAIN HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE EVENING WINDOWS. I THINK SOME COULD BE HEAVY. SO TODAY IS A WEATHER INFLUENCED DAY. WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE TWO-TOWED GROWTHS AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THOSE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN ANY SPORTS, OF COURSE. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO DO TONIGHT. ANY PLANS YOU MAY HAVE AFTER WORK WILL BE DEVELOPING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT ACTIVITY SLOWLY CANCELLING AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. So we're expecting a little more dryness mid-week. We'll continue to track those storms today. And then, of course, we'll be looking at the potential for tropical moisture at the end of the week here in Cincinnati, as we now have a Tropical Storm, Helene, looming. MEGAN AND STEPHEN. All right. KATIE, THANKS. As our region expects some much-needed rain today, energy workers are preparing to head south to respond to the severe weather. HELENE IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM AND WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY ON ITS WAY TOWARDS FLORIDA'S GULF COAST OVER THE COMING DAYS. DUKE ENERGY IS SENDING TEAMS FROM THE MIDWEST TO FLORIDA TO HELP RESTORE POWER. ABOUT 300 WORKERS FROM OHIO, KENTUCKY AND INDIANA ARE ON THEIR WAY SOUTH RIGHT NOW. ALSO, MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST IS BEING BEAT BY HURRICANE JOHN THIS MORNING. JOHN MADE LAND IN SOUTHERN MEXICO LAST NIGHT AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. THIS STORM HAS STRENGTHENED RAPIDLY AND TAKEN AUTHORITIES AND RESIDENTS THERE BY SURPRISE THIS MORNING. JOHN WAS WEAKEN. IT WAS A CATEGORY TWO. THE U.S. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS WARNING THAT THE HURRICANE WILL CREATE POTENTIAL LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING, AND TROPICAL STORM ARLENE IS ALREADY CAUSING EVACUATIONS IN FLORIDA, SO A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND POSSIBLE LANDING. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH CINCINNATI'S MOST ACCURATE FORECAST ON YOUR PHONE ANYTIME. DOWNLOAD THE FREE WLWT APP, TURN ON THE ALERT AND NOTIFICATIONS, AND YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED IF THERE IS SEVERE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, ELECTION DAY IS SIX WEEKS AWAY. THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW SECURE THE ELECTION PROCESS IS HERE. AND IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, THE OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE TALKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. TODD OF WLWT NEWS FIVE — IS LIVE AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITH A PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT. TODD. YES, STEVEN AND MEGAN. FRANK LAROSE, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR OHIO, WILL BE AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HERE IN HAMILTON COUNTY IN JUST A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE STEPS OFFICIALS ARE TAKING TO BOARD VOTER CONFIDENCE. THAT'S REALLY THE KEY TO THIS. ALL ROSES STOP Here in Hamilton County comes less than a week after we reported on a visit by former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson to the University of Cincinnati for an election integrity event sponsored by the American Bar Association. Both visits have highlighted how closely the current election cycle is being watched. La Rose can expect questions about drop box security and also about how Ohio handles maintaining accurate voter rolls. La Rose decided early last year to take the Buckeye State out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, a sort of collective voter data sharing system run by at least two dozen states. LAROSE HAS REMOVED OHIO FROM ERIC, AS IT'S CALLED, CLAIMING IT WAS LOSING ITS BIPARTIAN APPROACH. BUT JUST A MONTH BEFORE SHE TOOK THE BUCKEYE STATE OUT OF THE SYSTEM, LA ROSE CALLED IT AS ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS FOR KEEPING ACCURATE VOTER INFORMATION, SO WE CAN EXPECT QUESTIONS ON THAT ISSUE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY THAT OUR VIEWERS HAVE ON OUR MIND RIGHT NOW, WE WILL BE TALKING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS WHEN HE'S HERE AND HE'S GIVING A MEDIA BRIEFING IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WE WILL HAVE IT ALL COVERED FOR YOU. MORE LATER TODAY ON NEWS FIVE FOR NOW, LIVE COVERAGE HERE IN NORWOOD FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. TODD — WLWT NEWS FIVE. TODD, THANKS. IN A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, CHIEF TERRY TEAGUE ASKED FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD'S HELP WITH THE OVERWHELMING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AMONG CPS STUDENTS AND THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR AT CITY BUS STOPS. TEAGUE SAYS IN 2023 THERE WILL BE 62 INCIDENTS INVOLVING YOUTH AROUND FOUR TRANSIT CENTERS: GLENWAY CROSSING, NORTH SIDE OAKLEY STATION AND GOVERNMENT SQUARE. SO FAR IN 2024 THERE HAVE BEEN 74 INCIDENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS TODAY SPENT $418,000 ON POLICE OVERTIME TO DEPLOY POLICE OFFICERS AT EACH TRANSIT CENTER BECAUSE OF THIS BEHAVIOR. AS THE CHIEF GAVE THE FLOOR TO HER COLLEAGUES, THE BOARD OF CPS INTERRUPTED THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE REST OF YOUR ENTRAPMENT TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH US. AND I KNOW WE WILL DO WHAT YOU DID AND COMMUNICATE OUR RESPONSE APPROPRIATELY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. NOW, THE CHIEF SAYS IF NOTHING CHANGES, THE POLICE MAY START HOLDING PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE DISTRICT HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAID THAT A SOLUTION WOULD REQUIRE COOPERATION

Report: Aircare called to crash that closed State Route 32 in Batavia

Updated: 5:12 p.m. EDT, September 24, 2024

Aircare was called to a crash with injuries that has closed State Route 32 in Batavia.According to Clermont County dispatchers, eastbound State Route 32 is currently closed at Olive Branch-Stonelick Road while emergency crews arrive on the scene. The crash itself occurred on SR-32 just before the exit to West Main Street in the village of Batavia. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is handling the crash. The extent of the injuries is currently unknown. This is a developing story and will be updated as we receive more information. For live traffic updates, click here.Click the video player above to watch more afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT app so they can read along. The WLWT app is available for free on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Do you have photos or videos of an incident? If so, upload them. Be sure to include your name and other details so we can give you appropriate credit online and on TV.

BATAVIA, Ohio —

Aircare was called to an accident with injuries that closed State Route 32 in Batavia.

According to Clermont County dispatchers, eastbound State Route 32 is currently closed at Olive Branch-Stonelick Road while emergency crews are on scene.

The accident itself occurred on SR-32 just before the West Main Street exit in the village of Batavia. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is handling the accident.

The extent of the injuries is currently unknown.

This is a developing story and will be updated as we receive more information.

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