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Friday, January 24, 2014

Four people were injured in a crash along U.S. 23 in Waverly Saturday afternoon.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on northbound U.S. Route 23 in Pike County at about Noon.

Troopers said a 1995 Cadillac sedan Deville, driven by 33-year-old Amanda Fisher, of Waverly, was traveling north on U.S. 23 when she lost control of the vehicle and struck a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado that was traveling southbound on U.S. 23.

The Silverado was driven by 21-year-old Nichols Hiles, of Waverly.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A Logan man was injured Thursday afternoon after crashing his vehicle along state Route 664.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday.

Troopers said that John W. Poling Jr., 47, of Logan, was driving north on S.R. 664 when he went off the roadway, struck an embankment, a road sign, before coming to rest in a ditch.

Poling was taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital with incapacitating injuries. He was later transferred to Grant Medical Center.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a triple fatal crash that occurred on state Route 229 in Delaware County Sunday evening.

Troopers responded to S.R. 229, just east of Horseshoe Road, at about 6:18 p.m. on a report of a crash.

According to OSHP, 33-year-old James Wyatt III, of Marion, was driving a 2004 Chrysler Sebring east on S.R. 229 when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and crashed into a tree.

Wyatt was killed in the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to troopers.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

A man was injured when his vehicle crashed into a train in the City of New Lexington early Sunday morning.

Troopers from the Lancaster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol say Michael W. Brindgardner, 55, of New Lexington was traveling northbound on High Street at about 2:35 a.m. Sunday when he failed to stop at a railroad crossing.

His vehicle struck a train traveling eastbound at approximately 8 mph. Officials confirm the railroad crossing signals were fully operational with flashing red lights and a red stop gate.

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Friday, January 17, 2014
A Clintonville woman was killed yesterday in a one-vehicle crash just before 11:30 a.m. on Rt. 62 near the Licking County line, the Franklin County sheriff’s office said. Amy Kempton, 29, of Tibet Road in Columbus, was traveling south in a 1999 Toyota Corolla when she lost control of the vehicle just north of Walnut Street in Plain Township. The car went off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Emergency personnel pronounced Kempton dead at the scene.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Troopers from the Marysville post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigation a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred on U.S. Route 33 in Paris Township Thursday afternoon. Troopers responded to the U.S. 33, near the entrance ramp from U.S. Route 36/state Route 4 south, at about 4:05 p.m. on a report of a crash involving a commercial vehicle and a passenger vehicle. According to the report, Xingyu You, 24, of Columbus, was driving a 2008 Honda Accord east on U.S. 33 when You lost control of his vehicle, drove through the grass median, and into the westbound lanes of U.S. 33.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A woman and her 1-year-old child were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Union County Thursday afternoon. Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the crash involving two passenger vehicles and a semi on state Route 31, just south of state Route 739, at about 2:40 p.m.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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.

Date: 
Sunday, January 12, 2014

A member of a utility crew at a roadside construction site died this morning in Madison County when a co-worker accidentally ran over him with a work truck, the State Highway Patrol said. Thomas Davis, 29, of Quaker City in Guernsey County, was with a crew unloading materials when a coworker, 52-year-old Nick Yurjevich, Jr., didn’t see him and backed over him with the truck he was driving. Davis died at the scene along Simpson Road, northeast of London. It happened just before 9 a.m. Yurjevich, from Bergholz in Jefferson County, has not been charged.