COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three people are dead following a crash involving a semitrailer in Athens County Thursday afternoon.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the two-vehicle crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. on U.S. Route 50. Kody Zimmerman, 31, was driving a Chevrolet Malibu eastbound and was turning left from U.S. Route 50 onto County Road 19 when he was hit by a Peterbilt semi heading westbound.
OSHP says the Malibu was hit in the passenger side by the semi. Both vehicles traveled off the road where they came to a rest.
Zimmerman, along with his two passengers, 25-year-old Jacob Hammond and 24-year-old Mallory Fussner, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
