COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three adults were killed and three children were injured in a crash involving multiple vehicles on the city’s southeast side.
The Columbus Police Home said the crash happened across from the Dollar General on Refugee Road just after 8 p.m.
The crash report from Columbus police states that a woman driving a 2015 Kia Optima was heading west on Refugee Road when a 2007 Honda Pilot rear-ended her.
Police said the Pilot lost control, flipped over, went head-on into traffic traveling east on Refugee Road and struck a 2008 Nissan Quest.
The driver of the Pilot, a 33-year-old man, and the driver of the Quest, a 35-year-old man, were pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 30-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at Grant Medical Center after she was transported.
Three children — ages 5, 7 and 9 — inside the Pilot were taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in serious but stable condition. They are expected to survive their injuries, according to police.
The woman and two kids — ages 6 and 14 — inside the Optima had no apparent injuries from the crash.
Police have not identified the people killed in the crash.
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