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Police say an arrest has been made in connection with a Tuesday night hit-and-run that sent an 18-year-old woman to the hospital.
Marquita Afzal, 42, was taken into custody about 9:30 p.m. after a woman crossing Woodland Avenue at East 55th Street was struck by a passing Cadillac CTS, according to officials.
The Cadillac fled, but police caught up with the car near Woodland Avenue and East 40th Street. Afzal was at the wheel, police said.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center with head and face injuries, police said.
A pedestrian was injured Monday night after being hit by a car along East Livingston Avenue in southeast Columbus.
According to Columbus police, the crash occurred shortly after 10 p.m. near the intersection of East Livingston Avenue and Courtright Road.
The victim was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, according to police.
East Livingston Avenue was closed in the area while accident investigators were investigating the crash.
A Struthers man was killed in a crash in Delaware County near Columbus, Ohio.
Authorities say 63-year-old Stefan Borbei was driving north along Interstate 71 on Sunday when he drove off the road and struck trees and a guardrail.
Troopers say Borbei was wearing his seatbelt and that alcohol is not a factor.
Borbei was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man and woman were hospitalized Saturday after a vehicle rollover accident in Brunswick.
The wreck happened around 9:30 a.m. on S.R. 303 near Hadcock Road.
Ohio State Highway Troopers said it appears the injured man went into a diabetic shock before striking the woman's vehicle.
The man's vehicle continued rolling and then flipped onto its top.
Troopers said the two victims were transported by ambulance to local hospitals, but their conditions were not released.
Grandview and Columbus police are investigating a crash that severely injured a pedestrian along Riverside Drive.
The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. along Riverside Drive near West 5th Avenue in the Village of Marble Cliff.
A pedestrian was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.
The driver was interviewed at the scene and released. No charges have been filed at this time.
A portion of Riverside Drive was closed in the area, but traffic was diverted through a shopping center.
A Licking County man was killed yesterday afternoon when two vehicles crashed at an intersection in northern Fairfield County, the State Highway Patrol said.
Donald S. Hartman, 81, of Ridge Road near Thornville, died at the scene of the crash at Rt. 158 and Blacklick Road.
Dolores K. Tyo, 36, of Pataskala, was in fair condition last night in OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus.
The crash occurred just before 2:45 p.m.
A father died in a crash in Waverly Friday evening.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Brad Hilton lost control of his SUV while maneuvering a curve along Meadow Run Road around 7:30 p.m. The vehicle went off the road and overturned.
Hilton was not wearing a seatbelt. He was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Hilton's 15-year-old daughter survived the crash. She was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.