Injury Crash Reportedly Blocking Traffic On Mall Road In Florence

Injury crash reportedly blocking traffic on Mall Road in Florence

THE BIG MAC BRIDGE. THE NEW REPAIRS HAPPENING THIS WEEK… AND WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT THE BRIDGE TO FULLY REOPEN. BIG MAC BRIDGE. THE NEW REPAIRS HAPPENING THIS WEEK AND WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT THE BRIDGE TO FULLY REOPEN. A COLD FRONT MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT AND IN THROUGH MONDAY, BRINGING FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO START THE WEEK AND EVEN SOME SNOW CHANCES. I’LL WALK YOU HOUR BY HOUR AND SHOW YOU WHEN THOSE IMPACTS COULD MOVE IN. AND IN CALIFORNIA, DEVASTATION CONTINUES FOR THE SIXTH DAY AS FIRES BURN UNCONTROLLABLY. DOESN’T LOOK REAL. EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER KNOWN IS JUST LIKE GONE. THE HEARTBREAKING SCENES AND THE NEW FEARS FROM OFFICIALS. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY. BIG NEWS ABOUT THE BIG MAC. THE FIRST BEAMS FOR THE BRIDGE. REPAIRS DELIVERED JUST AN HOUR AGO AS WORK CONTINUES AFTER THAT MASSIVE FIRE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US AT SIX. I’M LINDSEY STONE. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE TIMELINE ON THE BRIDGE REPAIRS. DAISY. FINALLY SEEING SOME PROGRESS HERE. LINDSEY. IT’S SUCH GOOD NEWS THIS BIG UPDATE TONIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK HERE BEHIND ME, THE BEAMS THAT WERE DELIVERED HERE. YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-4 71. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE ONES THAT WERE WARPED BY FLAMES BACK IN NOVEMBER. NOW A BIG QUESTION THAT’S BEEN TOP OF MIND FOR MANY WAS WHETHER THE WEATHER WOULD AFFECT THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE OF THESE BIG MAC REPAIRS. AND I DID CHECK IN WITH ODOT TONIGHT AND LEARNED THAT WITH THIS FIRST DELIVERY, THEY’RE ON TRACK FOR THE TIMELINE TO SEE THE BIG MAC BRIDGE REOPEN IN MARCH. NOW, THE GIRDERS WILL ARRIVE IN THREE SEPARATE TRIPS. THIS WAS THE FIRST. THEY’RE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, TONIGHT. THREE WERE DELIVERED BY CREWS. THESE BEAMS EACH WEIGH MORE THAN 27,000 POUNDS. AND TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 A.M., CREWS WILL BEGIN UNLOADING THE BEAMS. THEY’LL BE PLACED UP THERE USING A CRANE TO GET THEM LIFTED INTO THE SPOT WHERE THEY’LL BE. AND ON MONDAY NIGHT, TWO MORE BEAMS WILL BE DELIVERED, WILL BE PLACED TUESDAY MORNING. HUGE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE GIRDERS, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN’T EVEN BEGIN TO REBUILD THE BRIDGE. WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE GIRDERS. AND THIS WAS THIS WAS A CHALLENGE. FINDING A COMPANY THAT COULD BUILD ON A SHORT, YOU KNOW, TO TO FABRICATE, TO MAKE THESE GIRDERS FOR ON SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE. I THINK EVERYBODY WILL THERE WILL BE THIS EXCITEMENT THAT WE’RE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN KIND OF SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND, ALL RIGHT, SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THERE. BUT WE DID ASK OFFICIALS WHAT’S NEXT. SO RIGHT NOW BEARINGS ARE ALSO BEING FABRICATED. THOSE WILL BE DELIVERED. AND ONCE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE WITH THE GIRDER INSTALLED, THEY WILL THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF POURING CONCRETE. AND THAT MEANS IT’S NOT AN EXACT TIMELINE FOR WHEN ALL OF THAT WILL BEGIN. BUT THEY ARE STILL ON TRACK TO REOPEN THE SOUTHBOUND I-471 LANES IN MARCH. SO VERY GOOD NEWS THERE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK WEATHER NOW. THE SUN WAS OUT. IT STAYED ABOVE FREEZING TODAY, BUT THE BLISSFUL BREAK IN THE HARSH WINTER WEATHER SOON COMING TO AN END. NEWS FIVE METEOROLOGIST ADAM BURNISTON HAS THE CHANGES YOU CAN EXPECT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK. ADAM. YEAH, LINDSEY. A LOT OF CHANGES COMING OUR WAY AS WE HEAD HERE INTO A NEW WEEK. BUT THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN GREAT. AS WE MENTIONED, THOSE TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING, ESPECIALLY TODAY, GETTING INTO ABOUT 3738 DEGREES FOR OUR HIGHS. BUT THIS COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST IS GOING TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND FOR US AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW WEEK. SO EVEN TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THAT FRONT STARTS TO APPROACH. WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF FLURRY ACTION, MAYBE A WINTRY MIX WON’T REALLY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES OR REALLY TO BE NOTICEABLE. EVEN BY MONDAY MORNING. MOST OF IT ALREADY OUT OF HERE BY THE REST OF THE DAY. WE’RE INTO PARTLY CLOUDY, PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE, THOUGH, IS THOSE TEMPERATURES. SO FOR THIS EVENING, WE’LL KEEP IT ABOVE FREEZING FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS HERE AFTER SUNSET. EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, LATE TONIGHT WILL SLOWLY FALL DOWN THROUGH THE LOWER 30S, AND THOSE LOWER 30S ARE ACTUALLY BASICALLY GOING TO BE OUR HIGH FOR TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND AHEAD IN MY FULL FORECAST, WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MORE SNOW CHANCES THAT COME OUR WAY FOR TUESDAY. WITH SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. ALSO IN THE FORECAST. SO I’LL TELL YOU WHEN THOSE IMPACTS ARRIVE. COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES, LINDSEY ADAM, THANK YOU. AND WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF CALIFORNIA. THE FIRESTORM IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE NOW STRETCHING INTO ITS SIXTH DAY. AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND OFFICIALS FEAR THAT NUMBER WILL RISE AS THE FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN. MORE THAN 105,000 PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS TODAY. OFFICIALS ARE NOW WORRIED THAT THE STRONG WINDS WILL PUT A PAUSE ON THE PROGRESS BEING MADE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROWING CONCERNS IN THAT AREA. MULTIPLE FIRES STILL RAGING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. OF THE SIX FIRES THAT BROKE OUT, FOUR ARE STILL ACTIVE. COMBINED, THEY’VE DESTROYED NEARLY 40,000 ACRES. ENTIRE COMMUNITIES REDUCED TO RUBBLE. IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING. THE ANTINORI FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE. EVERYTHING IS GONE, INCLUDING THE ASHES OF THEIR LATE DAUGHTER, WHO PASSED AWAY WHEN SHE WAS JUST ONE YEAR OLD. EVERY PIECE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF HER LIFE IS JUST GONE, AND THAT HURTS. RED FLAG WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS WIND GUSTS PICK UP THE FIRE DANGER LEVEL IS CRITICAL FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE WINDS, COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES, WILL KEEP THE FIRE THREAT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, VERY HIGH. MORE THAN 3000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE FIGHTING THE BLAZES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, AND SATURDAY, 72 FIREFIGHTERS FROM MEXICO ARRIVING TO HELP FIGHT THE FLAMES. WE’RE LOOKING TO GET AS MUCH RESOURCE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AT LEAST 10,000 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MANY FAMILIES NOW RETURNING TO FIND THEIR HOMES GONE, HOPING TO SALVAGE WHATEVER THEY CAN, CAN’T REALLY STAND BY. THE ONLY THING TO DO IS MOVE FORWARD AND HELP OTHERS KEEP WHAT THEY HAVE. AND NOW FEDERAL AGENTS ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE WILDFIRES. AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCING THIS WEEKEND THAT THE ATF WILL LEAD A TASK FORCE TO FIND OUT HOW THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE STARTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THERE’S NO INDICATION THAT THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL, SINCE THERE WAS NO REPORT OF LIGHTNING THAT DAY AND NO TRANSFORMER LINES WERE IMPAIRED. ARSON ALSO BEING LOOKED INTO. AND TONIGHT, THE FBI NOW LOOKING FOR A DRONE PILOT AFTER IT HIT A FIREFIGHTING PLANE. THE PLANE, ONE OF MANY TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE THERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS FORCED TO LAND AFTER IT WAS HIT. NOW, THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT THE FAA, ALONG WITH THE FBI NOW INVESTIGATING. BOTH AGENCIES SAY THIS IS A SERIOUS FEDERAL CRIME, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON. AND THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, COMMENTING ON THOSE DEVASTATING FIRES ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. VANCE PLACING A LOT OF THE BLAME ON BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. TAKE A LISTEN. I MEAN, SOME OF THESE RESERVOIRS HAVE BEEN DRY FOR 15, 20 YEARS. THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE BEING REPORTED AS GOING DRY WHILE THE FIRE FIGHTERS ARE TRYING TO PUT OUT THESE FIRES. THERE IS A SERIOUS LACK OF COMPETENT GOVERNANCE IN CALIFORNIA. AND I THINK IT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY THESE FIRES HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD. WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. VANCE ADDING THAT PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING DISASTER RELIEF WHEN HE TAKES OFFICE. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED BY THESE WILDFIRES, HERE IS A SAFE AND SECURE WAY TO DO THAT. WLWT IS PARTNERING WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BY COLLECTING MONETARY DONATIONS. YOU SEE THE QR CODE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN SCAN THAT AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR RED CROSS SITE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THAT LINK ON THE

Injury crash reportedly blocking traffic on Mall Road in Florence

A crash was reported on Mall Road in Florence Sunday evening.It is reportedly blocking the intersection with Cayton Road. Alternate routes are advised.Injuries have been reported but have not been confirmed by WLWT at this time. The extent of injuries is currently unknown.It is unclear what caused the crash.Emergency crews are on the scene.This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk. For live traffic updates, click here. Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT News 5 Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at www.wlwt.com/upload.

FLORENCE, Ky. —

A crash was reported on Mall Road in Florence Sunday evening.

It is reportedly blocking the intersection with Cayton Road. Alternate routes are advised.

Injuries have been reported but have not been confirmed by WLWT at this time. The extent of injuries is currently unknown.

It is unclear what caused the crash.

Emergency crews are on the scene.

This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT News 5

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