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Interstate 70 eastbound was closed at the I-70 east/ Interstate 71 north split due to a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening.
According to Columbus police, the crash occurred at about 8:50 p.m., and the road reopened less than an hour later.
Officers said the vehicle rolled several times before coming to a rest.
Three passengers were inside the vehicle, but no injuries were reported.
A multi-vehicle crash on I-270 Southbound just north of Easton Way slowed freeway traffic Saturday afternoon.
Columbus police arrived on the scene of the multi-vehicle crash at about 4:55 p.m. Saturday and slowed traffic in order for the fire department and medics to assist the drivers.
One person has been transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital in non-life threatening condition.
One person died in an early-morning crash in Madison County that shut down one northbound lane of I-71 for several hours.
James A. Matthews, 64, of Canton died when his 2002 Ford Explorer flipped over onto its top in the median just before 7 a.m. He was ejected from the SUV and died at the scene, troopers from the West Jefferson Post of the State Highway Patrol said. The patrol said Matthews was wearing a seatbelt.
The southbound lanes of Interstate 71 have reopened following a crash involving a semi Friday morning.
According Columbus police, officers responded to the scene of the crash, just south of Frank Road, at about 2:45 a.m.
Southbound traffic was forced to exit at Frank Road. No traffic was permitted to access I-71 south from Frank Road.
The highway was closed for about two hours, according to Columbus police.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Two people have been taken into custody after a pursuit that ended in a crash in Franklin County Friday morning.
According to dispatchers, a trooper from the West Jefferson post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol located a vehicle that had been reported stolen traveling on east on Interstate 70 near Madison County at about 3:52 a.m. Friday.
The trooper initiated a traffic stop, at which time the suspect vehicle sped away from the trooper.
Most of the eastbound lanes of I-70 have reopened after a multi-vehicle crash had closed a section of the interstate on the East Side earlier this evening.
Only one of the four lanes remains closed after the others opened around 6 p.m.
Columbus police were called at 5:10 p.m. to the eastbound lanes of I-70, between the Alum Creek Drive exit and Rt. 33.
At least one person was trapped in a vehicle and Columbus Fire medics worked to get the victim out.
One person was hospitalized in critical condition following a crash involving a COTA bus on the city's east side early Wednesday morning.
According to Columbus police, the crash involving a COTA bus and a passenger vehicle occurred at the intersection of Refugee and Gender roads at about 6 a.m.
The driver of the vehicle was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. No other injuries were reported.
The northbound lanes of Gender Road were restricted at Refugee Road, but were later reopened. The southbound lanes of Gender Road remained open.