COLUMBUS, Ohio – A leading researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is dead after being hit by a shuttle.
Columbus police say David Newsom, 35, and a colleague were struck yesterday morning by a hospital shuttle on Children’s Drive as they walked around construction fences in the road.
Peter White was also hit by the bus and both men were taken to Grant Medical Center, where Newsom died.
Nationwide Children’s officials say the men were leaders in genetic research at the hospital.