COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A portion of Interstate 71 northbound in Downtown was closed for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Apparently, a vehicle fell off the bridge of East Broad Street on to I-71 northbound.
Northbound and southbound lanes at the Long Street exit were closed shortly after 12:30 p.m.
CPD reported southbound lanes as closed when the accident happened. Southbound lanes were seen open on traffic cameras at 12:45 p.m.
Northbound lanes reopened to traffic at 1:50 p.m.
A witness said the vehicle was exiting I-71 NB onto East Broad Street when the driver grabbed his chest and bounced off the far-left wall. The witness said the driver crossed East Broad Street traffic while accelerating. The vehicle jumped the curb and went over the wall on the north side of the East Broad Street bridge. The witness said it didn’t look like the driver hit any other vehicles.
Ladder truck 8 from Columbus Division of Fire on Long Street was returning from another run when the car fell onto I-71 in front of the truck.
Reports indicated the driver was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.
Police confirmed that the driver had a medical condition before the crash.
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