A driver standing beside his automobile on an Ohio interstate got here inside seconds of being struck Monday, based on dramatic video shared by the Ohio Division of Transportation.
The person was on the shoulder of I-670 in Columbus, subsequent to an SUV that appeared to have come to relaxation sideways after apparently hitting the freeway barrier.
Moments later, the footage reveals a sedan sliding towards the person and the disabled SUV. Recognizing the hazard simply in time, he pulled himself up onto the concrete median earlier than the automotive slammed into his automobile.
Emergency responders work on the scene after a roadside crash on Ohio’s Freeway 670. (Ohio Division of Transportation)
A 911 name obtained by native station ABC6 indicated {that a} passenger was nonetheless contained in the SUV when the second collision occurred.
Throughout the name, the passenger instructed dispatchers the SUV had misplaced a tire and struck the divider earlier than coming to a cease alongside the interstate.
“It’s off to the facet however we’re proper within the turnstile, and it’s actually worrying me as a result of we’re going to get hit,” the passenger instructed 911 operators, based on ABC6.
Visitors strikes alongside Interstate 670 close to the Cleveland Avenue bridge on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. (USA At present Community by way of Reuters Join)
Information Outlet contacted the Ohio Division of Transportation for updates on the situations of the passengers concerned.
A division spokesman highlighted the incident as a security lesson, noting that the lane the impacted automobile was in was closed and shouldn’t have had another automobiles driving in it.
Ohio Division of Transportation Alexandria Outpost on Aug. 1, 2026, in Alexandria, Ohio. (USA At present Community by way of Reuters Join)
“There will likely be a inexperienced arrow over it if it’s opened, a purple X whether it is closed. On this case, it was an emergency shoulder, so the one who crashed was stopped on the shoulder of the freeway. They had been doing the appropriate factor. There needs to be no one driving in that lane,” Ohio Division of Transportation press secretary Matt Bruning instructed reporters.
The emergency lane, Bruning defined to Information Outlet, was a “SmartLane,” a freeway characteristic in Ohio that permits the state to transform the large shoulder into a brief journey lane as wanted. The SmartLane was closed on the time of the crash.
“Don’t drive in a closed lane. If you’ll drive on the freeway, enable that further house between you and the automobile in entrance of you so you’ve gotten time to react and house to react if one thing would possibly occur,” Bruning concluded.
