Police are still looking for the driver and the vehicle.
Credit: WBNS-TV
Columbus police investigate the death of a person found dead on Refugee Road near Winchester Pike on Jan. 1, 2021.
Author: 10TV Web Staff
Updated: 3:22 PM EST January 1, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Refugee Road Friday morning, according to Columbus police.
Officers were called to the scene near Winchester Pike in southeast Columbus around 6:05 a.m. for a report of a person lying in the road.
The man, 37-year-old Jonas Sims, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Sims was walking in the road when he was hit by a vehicle traveling eastbound.