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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police continued to investigate a fatal crash in which witnesses said vehicles were street-racing on the city's East Side.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Emergency crews were called to South James Road near Elbern Avenue on a report of an accident around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Information in italic is from an official release from CPD.
Timothy N. Hartman, 29, was traveling southbound on South James Road south of East Broad Street.
Hartman was driving a 2001 silver Honda S2000.
Jeffrey S. Henry also was traveling southbound on James south of Broad.
Henry was driving a 2005 Black Ford F150 pickup.
As the vehicles approached Elbern Avenue, the car and pickup came into contact for currently unknown reasons, which caused both vehicles to leave the west side of the road.
Hartman’s vehicle struck a large tree.
Hartman was transported to Grant Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead at 8:48 p.m.
Henry was transported to Mount Carmel Medical Center East. He was treated and released.
Witnesses told police it looked like the truck was street-racing with another truck and the car was trying to get out of the way.
Hartman was ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
CPD did not confirm witness information and only named two vehicles.
It was the city's 38th fatal traffic crash of 2009, and Columbus police was continuing its investigation.
No more immediate information was available.
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