COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is dead after being hit by a semi-truck on I-70 near Hamilton Road in east Columbus Monday morning.
Columbus police said 34-year-old Christopher Flowers of Dayton walked into the westbound lanes of I-70 into the path of a semi-truck just after 3 a.m.
Flowers was hit and taken to Grant Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:40 a.m.
Police said the area where the incident occurred was a non-pedestrian access area and there were no disabled vehicles nearby.
Police are not sure why Flowers walked into the westbound lanes.
The Accident Investigation Unit is handling the investigation.
