Multi-car crash leaves one dead in west Franklin County

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a multi-car crash Tuesday afternoon in Prairie Township. 

According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened at approximately 4:40 p.m. on U.S. Route 40 near Pasadena Avenue. 

A 1995 Saturn was stopped at a stop sign on Pasadena Avenue trying to turn onto U.S. 40 when it pulled out in front of a 2007 Toyota Camry that was driving west on U.S. 40, with the Camry hitting Saturn in the driver’s door, the sheriff’s office said. The Saturn spun into the eastbound lanes of U.S. 40 and hit a 2014 Toyota Siena that was driving east on U.S. 40. 

The Saturn’s driver was taken to Doctors West Hospital in critical condition, but pronounced dead at the hospital at 5:26 p.m. 

The other two drivers involved in the crash were uninjured and remained at the scene of the crash, the sheriff’s office said. 

Anyone with any additional information is asked to contact the sheriff’s crash investigation unit at 614-525-6113.