COLUMBUS – A six-year-old girl was killed, her sister injured, and her pregnant mother lost her unborn baby after all three were hit by a car while they crossed a busy Far West Side road Thursday afternoon.
Tiffany Bronson and her two daughters were crossing the eastbound lane of Roberts Road, west of the intersection with Hickory Mill Drive, at 1:55 p.m. when they were struck by a Chevrolet Malibu driven by Robert Shaw, 57, of Galloway, according to a release posted on the Columbus Division of Police social media sites.
Bronson was transported to Grant Medical Center, where doctors performed an emergency Caesarian-section an delivered a stillborn baby, police said.
Emily Ashbrook, 6, and her 4-year-old sister, Elizabeth, were taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where Emily was pronounced dead at 3:00 p.m.
Elizabeth was treated and admitted with serious injuries.
No charges had been filed as of Thursday night and police say the investigation continues.
The two fatalities represent the 14th and 15th traffic fatalities for Columbus in 2019.