2 hurt, all lanes back open, after motorcycle crash on I 675 NB in Washington Township

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — UPDATE @ 11:41 p.m.

Two people are hurt after a motorcycle crash on I-675 Northbound in Montgomery County on Wednesday night.

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Deputies and medics were dispatched just after 9 p.m. to I-675 NB near State Route 725 on initial reports of an injury crash, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

All lanes were closed but are back open, dispatchers told News Center 7.

A preliminary investigation revealed that a motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and hit a vehicle going northbound on I-675.

Medics transported the motorcycle driver and a passenger from the other vehicle to area hospitals, the sheriff’s office said.

The crash remains under investigation.

INITIAL REPORT

A “serious motorcycle accident” on I-675 North, just north of Yankee Street in Washington Twp., has prompted the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to shut down all three lanes of the interstate for at least the next hour.

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The sheriff’s office, in a post to social media Wednesday night, is asking drivers to seek alternative routes because of the crash, which was reported just after 9 p.m., according to a Montgomery County sheriff’s dispatch sergeant.

Deputies have asked the Ohio State Highway Patrol to help with traffic in the area.

No details about the crash have been released.

We will update this developing report as we learn more.

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