Columbus truck on main street

A car on Main Street was recently trapped under an 18-wheeler making a right turn from Main onto Fifth Street. Mayor Stephen Jones sent this photo to City Engineer Kevin Stafford a couple of weeks ago, spurring conversations about immediate safety fixes in the downtown corridor.

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COLUMBUS – A couple of weeks ago, Columbus Mayor Stephen Jones sent City Engineer Kevin Stafford a photo of a car trapped under an 18-wheeler at the intersection of Main and Fifth streets.

The 18-wheeler, westbound on Main, had swung wide to make a right turn onto Fifth, Stafford said. The car, possibly not realizing the 18-wheeler was turning, continued in the right turn lane, ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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