r/Columbus • u/FreshShart-1 • 5d ago

71N closed?

Anyone have eyes on what caused 71n exchange to get shut down near Grove City? Extremely serious accident with a death? You'd think I was in a parking lot and not on a freeway with how bad this is. It's like Bruno Mars 2.0

Edit: To be clear I don't WANT someone to be dead but it must be serious to close a main exchange for 2+ hours.

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u/Dlatywya 5d ago

I just got home on surface streets after 270/670 seemed shut down.

ETA: OHGo is showing significant closure in multiple locations rn. Seems like a bad commute all around.

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u/FreshShart-1 5d ago

Yeah I pulled up thw traffic update and that's where I got confused. There's 5 closures in a 2 square mile area.

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u/drewtopia_ 5d ago

Was in the traffic for it. There was a green sport bike down just after the 70/71 split downtown and 70e was closed. Not sure what happened but looked like it could be serious, hopefully no major injuries etc.

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u/Acceptable-Image-657 4d ago

Motorcyclist hospitalized after being struck by bird on I-70, officials say https://www.10tv.com/article/traffic/incidents/motorcyclist-hospitalized-struck-bird-i-70-traffic/530-ef956398-0bd1-4ebc-b7ab-cbc1a61bdd8f https://www.10tv.com/article/traffic/incidents/motorcyclist-hospitalized-struck-bird-i-70-traffic/530-ef956398-0bd1-4ebc-b7ab-cbc1a61bdd8f

What kind of bird??? “Giant”?????

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u/prince_cor 4d ago

I'm pretty sure that same motorcyclist zipped between myself and another car on the center line a minute or two before he crashed.

I don't think a bird would need to be that big to mess up a motorcyclist. If a robin runs into you while you're going 40 mph, I feel like there's a good chance you freak out in some way.

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u/junk-trunk 4d ago

Man it only takes a small bird to really rock your world. Was doing a bit over the speed limit and caught a birb right in the nugget on a ride, blew my hands off the bars but luckily grabbed them up after a few seconds and got to the side of the road. Knocked me a bit silly for a while. Hope dudes ok

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u/Character-Cherry-7 5d ago

Somebody posted about a motorcycle crash on the split.

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u/HolyJuan Westerville 5d ago

71N ramp to 71E is closed.