CINCINNATI — Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash and shootout between two vehicles on northbound I-75 near the Norwood Lateral, Cincinnati police said.
Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, police shut down all northbound lanes of I-75 from Norwood Lateral to Paddock Road during the investigation. Officers said people were shooting at each other on I-75 and multiple cars were involved in the crash.
The two people shot and taken to the hospital were in the same vehicle, per CPD.
According to an online crash report, those two individuals were engaged in a shootout with another unknown vehicle.
The crash report detailed that during the shootout the unknown vehicle hit a bystander's car. The bystander then drove into a wall and overturned on the interstate. The car with the two individuals taken to the hospital later collided with the unknown vehicle, veered off the highway and into an embankment.
Per CPD, one of the two victims is in stable condition. The other remains in critical condition.
At #breakingnews of multiple car crash and shooting here on I-75 south of Seymour Street. @WCPO pic.twitter.com/3ly9SR4w7S
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I-75 was shut down for several hours Thursday morning, and reopened around 4 a.m.
CPD has yet to identify the drivers or locate the unknown vehicle involved in the gun fight.
WCPO will update this story with more information when it is available.
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