Columbus police have identified a driver who died after a high-speed, head-on crash with a dump truck June 22 on the city’s Southeast Side.
Bristan Babbs, 20, of Columbus, died in the crash at the intersection of Refugee Road and Winchester Pike, police said in a June 25 news release.
Babbs was driving a GMC Yukon south on Winchester Pike at 2:40 p.m. when the SUV ran over a concrete median and crashed into a northbound dump truck that was turning west onto Refugee Road, police said in a crash report.
Witnesses told police Babbs was traveling at a high rate of speed and ran a red light before the crash, according to a crash report. The driver of the dump truck told police he had a green arrow when he began to turn.
Police said in the news release it remains unclear why the crash happened, and it remains under investigation.
Public Safety and Breaking News Reporter Bailey Gallion can be reached at bagallion@dispatch.com.
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