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Fatal Collision at Winchester Pike and Refugee Road in Columbus A high-energy collision in southeast Columbus has claimed a life, leaving a family to face the aftermath of a preventable failure to yield. At approximately 2:40 p.m., a Kenworth dump truck traveling northbound on Winchester Pike attempted to turn westbound onto Refugee Road. In doing so, the commercial vehicle crossed directly into the path of a southbound GMC Yukon. The physics of this crash were catastrophic. A fully loaded Kenworth dump truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, while a GMC Yukon weighs roughly 5,500 pounds. In a collision where the masses are mismatched by nearly 15-to-1, the passenger vehicle absorbs almost all the violent change in velocity. The driver of the GMC was pronounced deceased at the scene. Our firm handles these cases by looking past the initial police report to find the corporate choices that led to this moment. When a professional driver behind the wheel of a 40-ton machine fails to clear an intersection safely, the law in Ohio is clear about where the responsibility lies. We represent families in these moments to ensure the trucking company—not the grieving survivors—carries the weight of this loss. Ohio Wrongful…