Police investigate fatal hit-skip after woman struck twice on I-71 in north Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A hit-skip death remains under investigation as Columbus police continue to search for two vehicles who reportedly struck a woman while on Interstate 71 in March.

According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, police are still looking for two vehicles that struck a woman on I-71 North after she crashed into a median wall and began walking near the East North Broadway exit.

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Police said that on March 30 at 3:20 a.m., 23-year-old Tania Irvin was involved in a single-car accident and her vehicle became disabled, resting against the median wall and facing southbound. As Irvin began to walk northbound, she was struck by a vehicle.

Irvin was then run over by a second vehicle as she lay on the highway before medics pronounced her dead at 3:33 a.m. Both vehicles left the scene without stopping, according to police…

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