Pickaway – One person has died after a serious crash in Pickaway County around 11:30 pm
According to Sheriff Matthew O. Hafey on January 28, 2023, at 11:24 PM the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a call of a wrong-way driver on US Route 23 south of Tarlton Road. The report stated the wrong way driver was southbound in the northbound lane.
According to reports, the crash occurred in the area of US-23 Southbound and Radlciff road when a wrong-way driver was southbound in the northbound lane.
At 11:25 PM we received a call that the wrong way driver crashed into another vehicle. Deputies arrived on the scene at 11:26 PM.
The collision occurred in the area of US Route 23 in the area of Radcliffe Road, in the northbound lanes.
In the investigation of the crash, Deputies learned that 66-year-old Samuel G. Browning from Jackson, Ohio was driving his 2004 red Dodge Ram Southbound in the Northbound lanes. The red Dodge collided with a 2019 gray Kia that was driven by 42-year-old Tisha L. Nida from Thurman, Ohio.
As a result of the injuries from the crash, Tisha Nida was pronounced dead at the scene. Samuel Browning was flown to Grant Medical Center by Air Evac and the passenger in his vehicle was taken to Adena Regional Medical Center by Pickaway Township EMS, for the injuries they suffered in the
crash.
This crash remains under investigation by the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office.
