A 40-year-old Columbus woman died and two adult passengers were injured after the SUV she was driving left Fairwood Avenue on the city’s South Side, crossed a field and struck a utility pole just before midnight on Monday, Oct. 26, according to a Columbus police news release reported by The Columbus Dispatch.
Police identified the driver as Shavanna Brown, 40, of the South Side, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Brown was driving a Nissan Rogue south on Fairwood Avenue near Marion Drive when the SUV veered across the centerline and left the road, according to the police release cited by The Columbus Dispatch.
The SUV struck trees, large stones and a chain-link fence before continuing through a field and hitting the utility pole, police said in the release reported by The Columbus Dispatch. Medics took Brown to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical condition, where she died at 12:33 a.m., according to The Columbus Dispatch’s reporting of the release.
The two adult passengers were also taken to a hospital and were in stable condition, The Columbus Dispatch reported from the police release. Police did not release the passengers’ names in the account published by The Columbus Dispatch.
The Columbus police Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the crash. Police said in the release, as reported by The Columbus Dispatch, that it remains unclear why the vehicle left the road, and no cause has been announced.
The crash closed the immediate area around Fairwood Avenue and Marion Drive while investigators worked overnight. No other vehicles were reported involved in the police account carried by The Columbus Dispatch.
Anyone with information about the crash can contact the Accident Investigation Unit at 614-645-4767 or provide an anonymous tip to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477, according to the police release reported by The Columbus Dispatch.
Fairwood Avenue is a residential street on Columbus’ South Side, south of downtown. Fatal single-vehicle crashes that leave the roadway are investigated by the Accident Investigation Unit, which reconstructs the path of the vehicle and examines speed, roadway conditions and possible impairment before issuing findings, though police gave no timetable for the Fairwood Avenue investigation in the release reported by The Columbus Dispatch.