Tammy sheree, it was a close call for a man living in this westwood apartment. You can see the giant hole is boarded up where a car came crashing through. The suv came plowing out of nowhere. It went straight into Jonathan James s apartment. Jonathan here comes of the car. Tammy the suv missed him by inches and seconds. He was in the middle of a haircut. Jonathan maybe god was with me, like, get out of the way. Don t go to the bathroom yet. I said, thank god, amen. Tammy shawn oliger said it like the man driving meant to hit the break at a stop sign on mchenry but hit the gas instead. Shawn he went to the stop sign and he expertly hit the gas and tammy they ran over to pull the driver out of the car. Shawn he was in shock and kept saying, oh my god. Tammy strangers showing asked of kindness gave words of comfort to the man who lost his home tonight. But james is thankful because he was just inches away from not seeing another day. Jonathan thank god we weren t hurt. Tammy the building
M lisa cooney. Headlines are straight ahead. But first a check of the weather with wlwt news 5 meteorologist randi rico. Randi this morning i saw some patchy drizzle, maybe a flurry in your neck of the woods. Lisa i didn t see anything. Randi it was superduper light. It is moving out relatively quickly. I cannot find much of anything left over. We are starting out with cloudy skies across the area and the weather is catching up with the calendar, and it will feel like february today. Cloudy skies and temperatures will be in the 30 s. Right now 33 degrees at cvg. Most places, 30 to 34. We will make it back into the s. S. Mark breaking news this morning. A house fire in lebanon has turned deadly. Lebanon dispatch responded to a a. M. Investigators say they found a man dead in one of the bedrooms. The fire appears to have started on a mattress. An elderly woman inside heard the smoke alarm go off and s house for help. Investigators do not believe the fire is suspicious. We ll keep you pos
His alleged victim is under the age of 12. He is a youth minister. Cammy for a local Business Owner that sinking feeling is back tonight. Rob it has happened before but this time there is some good news. Reporter there is a temporary fence that has been put up. The Business Owner came to work today and saw the hole, unfortunately it wasnt a new experience. Looking at this giant crater is a nightmare. She actually moved her Business Property that was closer to beach month avenue. In 2011 a sink hole opened on that part of the property. She had to share in the 5,000 cost to repair the first hole. I dont have a line item that says sink hole. A month ago and january 7th i came by and noticed about a six not start of who looked to be a sink hole. Today she came to work and discovered the huge hole. A failed storm water pipe and lots of rain caused the damage. You just think here we go again. Reporter this time she may not have to pay. These are unpredictable happenings all it takes is more
Flurry over top of downtown cincinnati and areas to the north. Bundle up more than you have had to recently. Temperatures right around 32 degrees. Noon, 32 and breezy. 35 for the high. It will feel like the upper 20 s. Sunshine as we roll into the weekend. Kyla our interstate travel rolling right along on this thursday. Things a great out there. 275 looking good through my dear and up towards 71. We still have an accident on mitchell. Use orchard as an alternate. It is not impacting our across the river, 71, 75 looking smooth north and southbound at burlington pike. We will keep you updated. Mark breaking news this morning of a deadly fire in lebanon. Wlwt news 5 s dan griffin is live at the scene, where Officials Say there was one fatality. Another escape. Dan, give us the latest. Dan it is a very active scene this morning with police, fire and investigative crews at a home here on kuntz court in lebanon. The scene also a symbol of sheer devastation. A man lost his life in a fire here