Smoking tires, fire circle part of New Year’s Eve street takeover by motorists in College Hill
Circular burn marks at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and West Northbend Road are what’s left of a few wild minutes that ticked away Saturday night.”I seen it on Citizen app – how bad it was. And this is a hot spot right here, Northbend and Hamilton,” College Hill resident Lisa Green said.Like Green, WLWT investigator Todd Dykes has also seen video of the New Year’s Eve incident, as have Cincinnati police investigators.WLWT does not have permission to share images circulating online that show at least four cars with smoking tires spinning around a dozen people standing inside a small circle of fire.But WLWT does have video of a similar scene that played out during the Bengals playoff run last season. In January, WLWT’s Steven Albritton used his cell phone to take video of cars doing donuts at an intersection in Kansas City, where Cincinnati beat the Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl.That incident, and the one that unfolded Saturday night in College Hill, both brought traffic to a standstill.Green’s greatest fear is that someone will get hurt if cars are spinning around in what can look like uncontrollable ways.”My thing is they are eventually, you know, they got to make rules out here for kids,” Green said. “So if they don’t have nothing to do, then idle hands, you know. So they need to do something with this neighborhood so the kids that have something to do every day besides tearing up the neighborhood.”Dykes has noticed signs of a possible trend in other parts of Cincinnati, evidenced by burn marks on West 8th Street, Reading Road and on Interstate 71.Green said people with powerful cars need to think twice before doing donuts that end in gridlock.”They’ve got to make rules. You know what I’m saying?” Green said. “This is unsafe.”Police responded to Saturday’s incident, but the people causing all the commotion had already taken off. There is a city-run camera at the intersection. Investigators are now reviewing footage to try and identify those responsible.
Circular burn marks at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and West Northbend Road are what’s left of a few wild minutes that ticked away Saturday night.
“I seen it on Citizen app – how bad it was. And this is a hot spot right here, Northbend and Hamilton,” College Hill resident Lisa Green said.
Like Green, WLWT investigator Todd Dykes has also seen video of the New Year’s Eve incident, as have Cincinnati police investigators.
WLWT does not have permission to share images circulating online that show at least four cars with smoking tires spinning around a dozen people standing inside a small circle of fire.
But WLWT does have video of a similar scene that played out during the Bengals playoff run last season. In January, WLWT’s Steven Albritton used his cell phone to take video of cars doing donuts at an intersection in Kansas City, where Cincinnati beat the Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl.
That incident, and the one that unfolded Saturday night in College Hill, both brought traffic to a standstill.
Green’s greatest fear is that someone will get hurt if cars are spinning around in what can look like uncontrollable ways.
“My thing is they are eventually, you know, they got to make rules out here for kids,” Green said. “So if they don’t have nothing to do, then idle hands, you know. So they need to do something with this neighborhood so the kids that have something to do every day besides tearing up the neighborhood.”
Dykes has noticed signs of a possible trend in other parts of Cincinnati, evidenced by burn marks on West 8th Street, Reading Road and on Interstate 71.
Green said people with powerful cars need to think twice before doing donuts that end in gridlock.
“They’ve got to make rules. You know what I’m saying?” Green said. “This is unsafe.”
Police responded to Saturday’s incident, but the people causing all the commotion had already taken off. There is a city-run camera at the intersection. Investigators are now reviewing footage to try and identify those responsible.
