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Coroner: At least one dead in crash, fire on WB I-275 near Anderson, highway closed for hours

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ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — At least one person is dead after a crash and a vehicle fire on I-275 west, according to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office.

The coroner's office said it has been called to the scene of the crash near Anderson Township.

The westbound lanes of the highway were closed between Five Mile Road and US-52 for several hours after the crash while officials investigated.

Police have not released any information on the crash, what may have caused it or information on the drivers involved.

Traffic cameras in the area show a black, four-door sedan sitting in the grassy median between the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-275. In the morning, cameras showed a second vehicle, still in the westbound lanes, on fire as firefighters fought to put it out.

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Multiple people who called 911 to report the crash said the driver of a sedan crossed the median and drove into oncoming traffic on the opposite side of the highway. Witnesses also told dispatchers the sedan crashed into a flatbed truck before a fire engulfed it.

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