Scene cleared after school bus involved in a crash in Northside (2024)

SO WE’RE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. A CRASH INVOLVING A BUS IN CINCINNATI’S NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE GOT WORD A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS IS ALL ON COLERAIN AVENUE. A VERY BUSY ROAD FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. OKAY, SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH NEWS FIVE’S. TODD -- HAS RUSHED TO THE SCENE FOR US. TODD. YOU’VE ARRIVED. LET’S TALK FIRST. NO CHILDREN ON THAT BUS. THAT’S CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. GUYS, LET ME STEP OUT OF THE WAY TO SHOW YOU THE SCENE IS VERY ACTIVE AT THIS MOMENT. AGAIN, THIS HAPPENING JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO HERE ON COLERAIN AVENUE IN THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOL BUS OFF IN THE DISTANCE. WHAT I’M TOLD BY AN OFFICER ON THE SCENE IS THAT THE BUS WAS GOING UP COLRAIN AVENUE, AND THE WHITE SEDAN THERE, THAT HAS A LOT OF FRONT END DAMAGE. IT LOOKED LIKE THE AIRBAG LOOKED TO BE DEPLOYED. IT WAS COMING DOWN COLERAIN AVENUE. THERE WAS A COLLISION. UNCLEAR HOW THAT HAPPENED AT THIS MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE TOW TRUCK IS HERE. THEY’RE GOING TO GET THAT CAR OFF OF THE THIS STRETCH OF CORRY AVENUE. SO THE TRAFFIC CAN CONTINUE TO FLOW UP AND DOWN THE HILL. THIS A LOOKS TO BE A SITUATION WHERE THE DAMAGE IS A LOT WORSE THAN. THAT’S THE MOST DAMAGING PART OF THIS. I SAW THE YOUNG DRIVER. IT LOOKED TO BE A YOUNG WOMAN. UH, INDICATIONS ARE SHE’S OKAY. THAT DRIVER OF THAT SEDAN. UM, NOT SURE YET ABOUT THE DRIVER OF THE SCHOOL BUS, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT UP THAT FAR, GIVEN THE THE WAY THE POLICE HAVE STRUCTURED THE PERIMETER HERE. BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN EMPTY BUS. UM, PRESUMABLY SOME FRONT END DAMAGE ON THE BUS AS WELL, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE LATER. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THIS STRETCH OF COLD RAIN AND NOW THIS, THE DOWNHILL TRAFFIC JUST STARTED TO FLOW AGAIN AS WE’RE TALKING, FOLKS HEADING UP THE HILL, THEY’VE GOT TO WAIT FOR A BIT. BUT I WAS JUST TALKING TO COUNCILMAN MARK JEFFREYS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO FOR A STORY THAT WE WERE WE PUT ON NEWS FIVE ABOUT TRAFFIC CITATIONS IN THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SEE THE MOST, AND ALSO TROUBLE SPOTS WHERE POLICE USE CRASH DATA TO ANALYZE AND SAY, LIKE, THESE ARE PROBLEM AREAS, WE NEED TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN OR DO WHATEVER. NOT SAYING HAVE ANY IDEA AT THIS POINT WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH, BUT HE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THIS STRETCH OF COLERAIN AVENUE HEADING DOWN BY MOUNT AIRY FOREST. THAT’S BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE. TO MY RIGHT IS MOUNT AIRY FOREST. I’M IN THE AIRY TRAILS, UM, THE PARKING LOT OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX CALLED AIRY TRAILS IN THE 4500 BLOCK OF COLERAIN AVENUE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STRETCHES HERE IN CINCINNATI WHERE ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN REAL TIME THIS MORNING FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHSIDE, TO