One dead, one injured in southwest Columbus crash where one car caught fire

Orri Benatar
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon in southwest Columbus.

A police dispatcher said the crash occurred just before 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of South Highland Avenue and West Mound Street in the South Central Hilltop area.

According to Columbus police, a Hyundai Sonata and a Lincoln MKC were traveling east on Mound Street when they crashed into each other. Columbus Fire Batallion Chief Jeffrey Geitter said one of the cars caught on fire.

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One person had to be pulled out from the burning car and was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. That victim, later identified as 14-year-old Haleigh Abshire, was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m., according to a police dispatcher. A second juvenile was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said other unidentified people fled the scene of the crash.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Columbus police at 614-645-4767.

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