ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Three people were killed in a crash on I-275 in Anderson Township on April 7.
Officials said a man was driving his Dodge pickup truck eastbound on I-275 at "a high rate of speed and without lights on" when he hit a vehicle that had stopped to help a disabled car in the emergency lane just past the New Richmond exit at around 9:30 p.m. Friday. That vehicle then ran into the disabled car, which struck a tow truck driver who was outside his vehicle helping the disabled car.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said 38-year-old Keith Skaggs of Harrison was the AAA tow truck driver struck and killed in the crash. Richard Glaser, 66, and Janaya Glover, 22, of Cincinnati were also killed. The coroner said Glover was not in a vehicle at the time of the crash. It is unclear which vehicle Glaser was in at the time of the crash.
Also injured in the crash were 25-year-old John Glover and the driver of the pickup truck, 29-year-old Andrew Blankenship.
Kara Hitchens, the manager of public and government affairs for AAA, said Skaggs was preparing to load the vehicle on the back of his tow truck when the crash occurred.
"The AAA family is deeply saddened by the deaths of three people in a multi-vehicle crash last night on I-275, including one of our own," Hitchens said. "Our hearts go out to all of the families and colleagues impacted by this terrible tragedy."
The eastbound lanes of I-275 were shut down near the crash site for approximately five hours, reopening at around 2:45 a.m. Saturday.
Officials said excessive speed and impairment are possible factors in the crash. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office's Traffic Safety unit is still investigating and the incident will be referred
to the prosecutor's office.
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