COLUMBUS EAST SIDE FIERY CRASH KILLS TWO WOMEN, SENDS TWO TO HOSPITAL IN OHIO IN SERIOUS TO CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
Two women
were killed and two others were hospitalized after the vehicle they were
traveling in crossed the I-70 median and crashed into a pole on the East Side
early yesterday morning. This was a
single vehicle accident.
Columbus
police are investigating the crash, which occurred around 2:45 a.m. yesterday
on westbound I-70 between I-270 and S. Hamilton Road.
The driver of
a 2005 Jeep Liberty crossed the I-70 median, crashing through a wire guardrail
before the vehicle was pinned against a support pole for a highway sign, where
it caught fire, according to a police press release.
The
vehicle's passenger side had hit the pole, and a front-seat passenger was
trapped inside, eventually burning to death.
A passerby
pulled one passenger from the vehicle and another from under it. The front
passenger was trapped inside the vehicle, according to the release.
Firefighters
put out the blaze, but the front-seat passenger and the woman pulled from
underneath the vehicle were dead at the scene, police said.
Two
passengers were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, age 31, was taken to
Grant Medical Center in serious condition. Another passenger, age 27, was taken
to Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University in critical condition.
Police said
they were investigating why the driver lost control. If no medical condition involved, then the
driver was either drunk or on drugs from a Friday night out for the 4 women.