HILLIARD, Ohio — The Franklin County Coroner's Office released the identity of the man who died following a crash involving a COTA bus in Hilliard Monday evening.
The Hilliard Division of Police received a call about a crash on Cemetery Road near Outer Street around 8 p.m., a city spokesperson told 10TV.
Officials said 79-year-old Sami Khater was driving in the wrong lane when he went left of center and struck the COTA bus head-on. A spokesperson for COTA added the bus was at a transit stop picking up a customer when the crash happened.
Khater was extracted from his vehicle and taken to Dublin Methodist Hospital where they were pronounced dead at 8:38 p.m.
The coroner's office said Khater may have had a medical complication around the time of the crash.
No other injuries were reported.
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