Live Columbus traffic updates, accidents, road closures and construction alerts for I-71, I-70, I-270 and local roads
Key Takeaways: Quick Facts: What: A utility truck left a south Columbus highway ramp and hit the trailer of a parked tractor-trailer, killing the utility truck’s driver.Where: U.S. Route 23 South entrance ramp from Interstate 270 East, south side of ColumbusWhen: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at about 5:50 p.m.Who: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio State … Read more
A Columbus police officer went to the hospital early Wednesday after a fleeing driver crashed into the officer’s cruiser in Franklinton, according to Columbus police. The crash happened at West Broad Street and North Central Avenue. An Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser was following a light-colored sedan in Franklinton when Columbus police got a call … Read more
One person is dead and another remains in critical condition after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 South near Georgesville Road on the city’s west side. Columbus Police officers were called to the scene at 2:41 a.m. after an Audi A4 struck two vehicles parked on the left shoulder. Columbus Police charged the Audi’s driver, … Read more
COLUMBUS: Southbound I-270 is closed on the southwest side of Columbus this morning after a crash. The closure affects southbound I-270 between I-70 and Georgesville Road. As of 5:21 a.m., the ramps to southbound I-270 from I-70 East, I-70 West, U.S. 40, and Georgesville Road are all closed. The crash happened in the southbound lanes … Read more
COLUMBUS — Kokosing Construction is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver who struck and killed one of its workers in a downtown Columbus work zone last week and drove away. The victim, Jordan Thomas, 25, died at the scene at 2:12 a.m. on February 28. He had worked … Read more
The SUV was moving at high speed when it clipped a sign pole, sending the sign crashing onto the roof before the vehicle rolled into a parking lot. The driver fled on foot and remains unidentified. Columbus police are asking the public to help. A driver fled on foot after a Ford Edge rolled multiple … Read more
COLUMBUS — A construction worker died early Saturday morning after a driver struck him inside an active work zone on Interstate 70 westbound near State Route 315 and fled the scene, according to the Columbus Division of Police. The crash happened at approximately 2:01 a.m. Police said a maroon Toyota sedan, believed to be an … Read more