COLUMBUS – A 32-year-old Grove City man was struck and killed while walking in the roadway on I-270 on the Southwest Side, shutting down the freeway for most of the Thursday morning rush-hour.
Timothy Bobo was walking in the northbound lanes of the interstate south of Georgesville Road at approximately 4:03 a.m. when he was struck by a Jeep Patriot driven by Robert Smith, 40, of Columbus, Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said.
Bobo was pronounced dead at the scene by Jackson Township fire personnel.
The northbound lanes of I-270 and the ramps from I-71 to the Outerbelt were closed for about three hours.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information related to the crash is asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit at 614-525-6113.