CINCINNATI — Ohio State Police confirmed that two people are dead after two aircraft collided Friday afternoon in midair.
East Kemper Road is closed indefinitely between Reed Hartman Road and U.S. Route 42, authorities said, and traffic is slow on portions of Interstate 275 near Reed Hartman Road.
Federal authorities initially said a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft had collided in midair, but an employee at Blue Ash Airport confirmed that both aircraft were fixed-wing planes.
Officials have identified one of the aircraft as a Cessna 172N registered to Flying Neutrons Inc. in Milford, and the airport employee said the other was a Beechcraft Bonanza.
A witness told News 5 said the aircraft clipped each other over Beacon Orthopaedic and one of them nose-dived in the area of Reed Hartman and Fields Ertel roads.
The other aircraft crashed somewhere near Grooms and Kemper roads, the witness said.
A portion of a wing was found on the ramp from westbound I-275 to Kemper Road and the main body of the aircraft was located by investigators near Sovereign Drive and Squire Hill Court.
Stay tuned to News 5 and WLWT.com for more information as it becomes available.
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