Right when a driver hit and struck him. Right on this very roadway. Trooper velez was conducting a traffic stop when he was struck. He was 48 years old and graduated as a member of the 18th contact in 1989. He leaves behind his three children. Colonel paul pride released this statement. Its a tragedy for ohio st Highway Patrol and how their prayers go out to the velez family during this difficult time. There is still no word on who that driver was, who struck velez. But we will be following that story throughout the night. Make sure you stick with wkyc here on tv and wkyc. Com. Reporting live from Lakewood Heights im jazmine monroe channel 3 news. Thank you, jazmine. The crash had traffic snarled pretty clear. As well as all ramps to 90 from the interbelt i71 north and i 490 west. These reopened around 6 00 after being shut down for almost six hours. And while traffic has been slow getting back to normal, things right now as you can see by the green flow of traffic, things seem to be g
Morning, 116th street and detroit avenue not causing delays yet. Hopefully theyll clear that soon. Also a reminder st. Claire resurfacing work will go on through late september so closed to traffic from west ninth to old river road. Lets check akron. Odot showing us 76 looks just fine, moving smoothly. Lets check air tracker 5. Reporter hey, kristin, good morning. A cl using the innerbelt bridge beginning today. Youre looking at the bridge right now beginning tonight at 8 00 p. M. Through 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow, i90 east over the innerbelt bridge will be closed as crews prepare to open the eastbound bridge. Odot is asking you to use 77 and 490 and also beginning at 6 00 a. M. , West Third Street under the bridge will be closed for about two weeks. Driver will be tee de toured to west Fourth Street to Central Avenue. I heard you mentioning an you know what we see from air tracker 5. Back to you. John, thank you very much. Breaking news from overnight. One person killed after a rollover cr
An ohio state Highway Patrol trooper hit and kill on the side of i90. It is important that we stay strong. Police shot and killed a 13 yearold kill a bb gun from his waistband. Because this product is a serious fire hazard im urging all consumers to take advantage of this free call right away. Smart phone melt down. A federal recall tonight involving the Samsung Galaxy note 7. We will tell you when consumers will begin to turn in their defective devices. 11. Highway tragedy. An ohio state Highway Patrol trooper is struck and killed. The trooper was apparently standing outside his cruiser on the side of i90 in cleveland when he was hit. Channel 3 Jasmine Monroe is live in brook park where he was stationed with the latest investigation and what we know is jasmine. Reporter learning more about trooper ken valez, the Investigation Continues it happened before one this afternoon. Trooper valez was conducting a traffic stop on i 90 when he was struck. The driver did not see him. Traffic was
Cleveland 19 news sponsored by the ohio flooring superstore. Asking questions and getting answers. Cleveland 19 news starts now. Denise we start with more on breaking news. Police have a suspect in custody in connection with three murders in ashland and richland counties. We just got this mug shot of the suspect. 40yearold sean grate. So far he has been charged with abduction. This all started early this morning after a woman called police for help. When they got there, they not only rescued her, but they found a disturbing scene, two dead bodies. Chris grate then lead investigators to a second scene in madison township near mansfield. There they found the body of a we have Team Coverage on this breaking story tonight. Dan deroos is in Richland County. Here is what we learned in the last half hour. Reporter the female who called nip11 911 and told police she was being held against her will was at 363 culvert. They got a search warrant and looked in both of these houses and thats when t
Release the sketch on the man based on a witness description later today. If you know anything about this and isis call police anywhere at 911. And i took my kid and said youre going to foster care and she said i am leaving you with or him. And i took her and made a statement. Perfection that was the father accused in last weeks amber alert and she spoke in a newschannel 5 jailhouse after allegedly kidnapping his 15yearold daughter. The Police Dash Cam video shows him being pulled over and he was on the run with his teenage daughter for nearly 24 hours and he insisted he did it only because his daughter was meeting an older man online and he was worried about her safety. Roberts was back in court this morning phasing a change of eluding police in the incident and ron regan was there and explains more in the story. Here in toe is Municipal Court this morning where he previously pleaded not guilty to alluding police. This morning and isis the case was turned over to a grand jury where he