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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A woman died in a crash in Adams County on Wednesday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Phyllis A. Walls, 68, of West Union, was traveling southbound on Brush Creek Road at about 7:30 p.m. when she struck an oncoming pickup head on. Walls was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Adams County coroner. The pickup driver, Mary A. Channell, 69, of Manchester, was airlifted to UC Medical Center for treatment. The crash remains under investigation.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
A man was killed Monday night as a result of a crash on the far east side of Columbus. According to Columbus police, the crash happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday along Brice Road near Tussing Road. According to investigators, 50-year-old Marcus A. Hughes, of Columbus, was trying to cross from the west side to the east side of Brice Road, when 57-year-old Gloria J. Hector, of Reynoldsburg, exited Interstate 70 eastbound and struck Hughes. Witnesses told police that Hughes was then struck by other vehicles, after the initial crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Three people were hospitalized after being involved in a crash on the city's far east side Sunday night.

Columbus police said the two-vehicle crash occurred in the 1800 block of Woodcrest Road at about 8 p.m.

Three people were transported to area hospitals with unknown conditions.

No charges were filed immediately.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

One person was hospitalized after a five-vehicle crash in Westerville Sunday afternoon.

The crash occurred at Corporate Drive and Westerville Road near state Route 161 at about 4 p.m.

Westerville fire responded to the scene, where one man was extricated from his vehicle. He was transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital in stable condition.

Blendon Township police said several lanes of Westerville Road were closed during the investigation and cleanup. The lanes reopened at about 5:15 p.m.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Two accidents involving multiple semi trucks and other vehicles have shut down Interstate 90 eastbound in the same stretch of highway where a 31-car pileup happened on Tuesday during the holiday commute. Dispatchers say two crashes were reported about 8 p.m. I-90 eastbound is closed at state Route 615, they said. One westbound lane was also closed. The accident happened near the state Route 44 exit, the same spot of Tuesday's major crash. The Lake County Sheriff's office said two semi trucks and multiple cars are involved in the crash.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
A father was jailed after he drove away without talking to officers about running over his 4-year-old son who had fallen out of their van near a central Ohio construction site, fatally injuring the boy, according to the State Highway Patrol. Natividad de Jesus Hernandez, 30, of Columbus, was arrested Thursday after showing up at a hospital where his son, Angel Gustbabo Hernandez, died after the accident earlier in Union County, northwest of Columbus.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

A short pursuit in Cincinnati ended in a multi-vehicle crash and a driver on the run.

An Ohio state trooper tried to pull over a speeding car on Columbia Parkway just after 10 a.m., but the driver refused to stop.

The chase ended when the pursued car crashed into two others near the intersection of Columbia Parkway and Delta Avenue.

The driver of the fleeing car ran away from the scene into nearby woods. Officers searched for nearly an hour before finding the driver, Rico Master, 27.

Master faces charges for felony eluding and driving under suspension.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Three teens were injured in a two-car crash late Thursday.

The Butler County Sheriff's Office said Ashley Spaulding, 17, of Trenton, was driving a 1998 Pontiac Sunfire southbound on Jacksonburg Road just south of Taylor School Road at around 10 p.m.

Deputies said that as Spaulding attempted to pass a vehicle, she apparently lost control, and her car began swerving, eventually sliding sideways across both lanes of traffic.

The Sunfire then collided with a northbound 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, driven by Dalton Williams, 19, of Trenton.

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Norfolk Southern investigators are looking into the cause of a train derailment that occurred in Chillicothe early Tuesday morning.

According to Chillicothe police, 20 cars went off the tracks between East 4th Street and East 7th Street at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday.

There were no injuries reported, but the stretch of tracks is damaged, according to investigators.

The cars, which were carrying coal, did not tip over.

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Monday, December 23, 2013
A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 90 eastbound has been shut down after at least 10 different traffic crashes involving about two dozen cars. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the first calls for the accidents came in around 11 a.m. Tuesday as holiday traffic increased and the weather continued to dump snow in the area. The crashes are expected to delay traffic for several hours, dispatchers said. OSHP said the eastbound lanes of I-90 were closed between Ohio 44 and the Madison exit, a stretch of about 10 miles, dispatchers said.