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The Beechmont Levee has been reopened after a five-car accident forced it close in both directions at Columbia Parkway for roughly four hours Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. on Beechmont Avenue between Columbia Parkway and Batavia Road, Cincinnati Police said. Police blocked Beechmont Avenue at Columbia Parkway and were diverting traffic away from the area.
Police said an eastbound car went left of center for an unknown reason and struck a westbound vehicle, which started a chain reaction of crashes.
A crash in Paddock Hills sent several people to the hospital Saturday.
Police said Justin Brown crossed into oncoming traffic in the 4600 block of Paddock Road and hit Laverne Thomas.
Thomas was taken to the hospital and police said she's in stable condition.
Brown and his four passengers were also transported. Police said they are listed in stable condition.
The other three passengers were in serious condition, according to police.
Police said they think Brown was impaired at the time of the crash.
A short pursuit in Cincinnati ended in a multi-vehicle crash and a driver on the run.
An Ohio state trooper tried to pull over a speeding car on Columbia Parkway just after 10 a.m., but the driver refused to stop.
The chase ended when the pursued car crashed into two others near the intersection of Columbia Parkway and Delta Avenue.
The driver of the fleeing car ran away from the scene into nearby woods. Officers searched for nearly an hour before finding the driver, Rico Master, 27.
Master faces charges for felony eluding and driving under suspension.
Cincinnati police are investigating an injury crash on Interstate 71 Saturday.
Josephine Djordjevic, 24, was operating a vehicle north on I-71 when she lost control of her vehicle, went off the right side of the highway and struck a guardrail.
Djordjevic was trapped and had to be extricated from her vehicle by the Cincinnati Fire Department.
She was transported to UC Medical Center for her injuries. Her condition was not released.
Police said she was not wearing a seat belt.
Police said Jason Woodyard was speeding Sept. 29 when he lost control of his rig in the northbound lanes on Interstate 75 and caused the death of 22-year-old Zachary Byrd.
Woodyard couldn't stop and hit two vehicles that were stopped near Mitchell Avenue after a minor crash, police said.
Byrd was a passenger in one of the stopped vehicles. He died from injuries at the scene.
Two other motorists were critically injured.
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