COLUMBUS – One person was killed in a single-vehicle accident on an East Side exit ramp late Monday night.
A 2017 Toyota Rav4 left the roadway and traveled into the grassy depression between I-270 and the exit ramp from eastbound I-670 to I-270 southbound just after 11:30 p.m., Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said.
The SUV continued through the underpass, striking the bridge pillars, until it came to rest to rest against the last pillar.
Deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and fire and EMS from Mifflin Township responded to the scene and found the driver and sole occupant unresponsive. The driver was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, Baldwin said.
The ramp from I-670 eastbound to I-270 south was shut down until approximately 6:00 a.m. during the initial investigation,
The driver’s name had not been released early Tuesday.