LICKING COUNTY, Ohio — Several people were injured in a five-vehicle crash on State Route 16 in Licking County on Tuesday.
The sheriff’s office said a wrong-way driver hit someone head-on in the eastbound lanes of SR-16 at Dayton Road around 6:40 p.m., which caused a chain reaction involving the other vehicles.
One person was airlifted to a Columbus-area hospital while several others were transported to Licking Memorial Hospital. Other people were treated at the scene.
The eastbound lanes of SR-16 will be closed for a “considerable” amount of time.
Traffic is being diverted south on Dayton Road to East Main Street.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the cause of the crash.
