GAHANNA, Ohio — One person is dead following a crash on Interstate 270 North near Gahanna involving a wrong-way driver Sunday morning, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
Officers were called on a report of a wrong-way driver in a green 2000 Toyota Corolla heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-270.
Before officers were able to get in the area of the Corolla, the vehicle collided head-on with a black 2013 Hyundai Elantra just north of Interstate 670 near the Agler Road overpass around 9:45 a.m.
Both drivers were transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital.
The driver of the Corolla was transported in critical condition but was pronounced dead at Mount Carmel at 10:44 a.m.
FCSO said the driver of the Elantra was transported in "stable" condition.
All northbound lanes on I-270 between Hamilton Road and US Route 62 were closed pending an investigation. As of 1 p.m., all lanes are now open.
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