3 accidents on southbound I-75 cleared, traffic flowing

INITIAL REPORT: Multiple crashes along Interstate 75 in southern Butler County have traffic backed up, said police.

Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatchers said three non-injury accidents around the 18 mile marker - just north of the I-75 and Interstate 275 interchange - has traffic slowed in the southbound lanes of I-75.

The three accidents, just north of the Butler and Hamilton County border, were rear-end collisions, dispatchers said.

The Ohio Department of Transportation estimates the delays were up to 45 minutes this afternoon.