HAMILTON — The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that troopers have issued at least 150 citations during the first two days of a three-month crackdown on speeding and “other crash-causing violations” on Interstate 75 in Butler and Warren counties.

        Lt. Michael Black, commander of the patrol's Hamilton post, said the tickets were handed out Monday and Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning, the patrol had handled no crashes on the highway, Lt. Black said.

        The blitz, which involves increased patrols of a 26-mile segment between Interstate 275 and Montgomery County, is the third attempt in less than a year to reduce fatalities. On a 12-mile stretch, 13 people have been killed in 10 crashes since November 2000.

        The cause of the most recent crash, a Jan. 22 wreck that killed a Michigan man after his vehicle crossed over the median into oncoming traffic, remained undetermined Wednesday, Butler County Sheriff's officials said.

        During the initial five-week enforcement blitz that began March 12, troopers cited 299 motorists, many of them for speeding.

        A second, longer blitz, which ran June 17 to Sept. 5, snared 485. That effort was begun in response to the June 4 crash that killed a Georgia woman and her twin 4-year-old daughters.

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