HEBRON, Ky. -- Five people are recovering after an accident in Hebron.
It happened just after midnight on Wednesday in the westbound lanes on Interstate 275 near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport exit.
A car, van, pick-up truck and a semi-truck were involved in the accident.
Traffic was at a standstill because of construction on the roadway when Garry Robinson, 51, of Petersburg, driving a 2008 GMC Savana van failed to slow and ran into the rear of Dale Shell, 54, and Denise Shell, 51, of Covington, in a 2004 Chevrolet Impala.
That impact caused the Impala to ram a ’85 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck operated by Charles Centers Jr., 21, of Burlington, which in turn, pushed the Silverado into the rear of a tractor-trailer driven by Okey Rodgers II, 35, of Columbus, Ohio, and owned by DIST-trans also out of Columbus.
Dale Shell was transported by Air Care to University Hospital in Cincinnati, with severe head injuries. His wife Denise, Garry Robinson and Charles Centers were taken to Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Florence where they were treated and released.
First responders had the entire interstate closed for nearly an hour and then a restricted use until 3:40 a.m.
The collision is being investigated by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Accident Reconstruction Unit.
