Two people were hospitalized after a car fell from an overpass on I-71 and landed in the river Sunday.The incident took place around 2 p.m. on I-71 at the Turtlecreek Road overpass, officials said.Crews at the scene discovered the car fell nearly 100 feet off the highway and landed in the river below I-71. Emergency crews had to set up a rope system to rescue the victims from the ravine. The victims were extricated and one was flown to the hospital and the other was taken by ambulance to a local emergency room.The cause of the crash and the victims' conditions are unknown at this time.WLWT will continue to update this story with more information as it comes in.

Two people were hospitalized after a car fell from an overpass on I-71 and landed in the river Sunday.

The incident took place around 2 p.m. on I-71 at the Turtlecreek Road overpass, officials said.


Crews at the scene discovered the car fell nearly 100 feet off the highway and landed in the river below I-71. Emergency crews had to set up a rope system to rescue the victims from the ravine.

The victims were extricated and one was flown to the hospital and the other was taken by ambulance to a local emergency room.

The cause of the crash and the victims' conditions are unknown at this time.

WLWT will continue to update this story with more information as it comes in.