Columbus officer had red light in fatal crash with pickup, video shows

Dash camera footage from a Columbus police cruiser shows an officer responding to a burglary call with lights and siren on had a red light when she came upon an intersection and struck a pickup truck making a left turn, killing the truck’s driver.

The video, released Dec. 9 via an Ohio Public Records Act request, also does not appear to show Columbus police officer Kaitlin Robinson slowing down as she approached the intersection of West Broad Street and Central Avenue, where a car was already driving through the intersection, and the pickup had begun a left turn.

Corey Tinnes, 30, the driver of the pickup truck, was ejected from his vehicle by the crash, which occurred at 2:48 a.m. Dec. 7, according to police records…

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