COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Prior to the start of Labor Day weekend, the Ohio Traffic Safety Office and Ohio State Highway Patrol warned drivers of the deadly history this weekend brings.
"The holiday period with the most serious injury and fatal crashes is Labor Day weekend," Ohio Traffic Safety Office public information officer Judy Converse said.
That dangerous warning has already come to fruition across central and northern Ohio communities.
Data: Labor Day weekend crashes have increased over past three yearsTwo people are dead after a crash following a police chase Saturday evening. The chase ended when the driver allegedly sped down Greenlawn Avenue and into Greenlawn Cemetery. Randel Rogers, executive director of the cemetery, said he reviewed the surveillance footage from the incident and saw the vehicle drive at a high rate of speed the wrong way around a roundabout at the old entrance to the cemetery, crashing into a stone wall that has been in place for nearly a century.
Rogers said he routinely sees cars drive 50 or 60 miles per hour down that road and this vehicle could have been going 80 mph. Rogers said the stone wall will cost between $40,000-$60,000 to fix.
Elsewhere this weekend, Ohio State Highway Patrol said a man was killed in the City of Wellston, Jackson County, when a juvenile driver collided with a golf cart. Another person was killed in Mifflin Township when a driver crossed over the center line and hit another vehicle head on. The driver was killed. A single vehicle crash in Erie County killed the driver when they lost control of the vehicle due to speed. Three more people were killed after a vehicle crashed into a tow truck on the side of the road Sunday morning in Erie County. That crash caused a traffic backup that led to another crash less than an hour later when a vehicle slammed into the back of a truck and killed both the driver and passenger.
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Sgt. Brice Nihiser with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said drivers can help law enforcement if they notice an erratic or dangerous driver on the road.
"Dial #677 and that will get you to your local post,” Nihiser said. “We'll put troopers on the road and we'll make sure that we intercept that driver before they cause a tragedy.”
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