COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 13 people died in traffic accidents over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period.
That includes a man who died after a head-on collision on the Southeast Side of Columbus on Thanksgiving Day.
The 13 people who died in 10 fatal accidents on roadways during the reporting period from Wednesday through Sunday was two more than last year and almost twice as many as in 2018, though it was a smaller number than in 2019, when 18 people were killed in crashes.
Of the 13 killed, one was a pedestrian, four were not wearing a seat belt and three crashes involved impaired driving, the patrol reported.
A man died in an accident just after 4:40 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day when the Honda CR-V he was driving was struck head-on by a Chevrolet Camaro that crossed the grassy median on U.S. Route 33 at Hamilton Road, according to accident investigators with the Columbus police.
The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center at 5:33 p.m.
The driver of the Chevrolet was in stable condition at Mount Carmel East Hospital.