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Vehicle crashes into light post and another hits street sign, New Albany OH

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Traffic

Reported: 12/15/2025 04:17 AM

OH-161, New Albany, OH

According to the dispatch call, a gray Honda Civic crashed into a light post on SR 161 westbound near the New Albany ramp. Minutes later, a pickup truck swerved to avoid the fallen pole and struck a street sign.

Audio|Heard on: Wyandot OH Public Works Group Calls

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01:48

Transcript:

00:00

By chance,

00:01

Do you have video of SR 161 westbound at the New Albany ramp? A gray Civic took out a light post?

00:13

We should. Give me one second.

00:17

Nathan crashes or one.

00:20

All right, do you alter now?

00:24

Affirm.

00:26

Yeah, you're right.

00:31

All right, 643 at 6.22.

00:36

I got him going off into the pole and the camera is just barely out of you when the car goes off the road.

00:45

You got about five seconds later someone rolls up with him, stay at him for a bit and takes off.

00:50

So I bet your driver is picked up.

00:54

Gotcha.

00:55

And right after that,

00:57

a big pickup truck swerved to miss the pole and took out a street sign leg.

01:04

Is that like close within minutes or how long did that take before he hit the pole?

01:13

Give me additional time, I'll let you know.

01:17

Yeah, I'm trying to find out if there's one or two accidents.

01:22

Minutes.

01:26

Six, fourth red.

01:28

Well, even two separate incidents.

01:30

I got one that's where it was probably two minutes later after your initial light pole crash.

01:39

Yeah, he said to get up on my 55 and the light pole was laying straight across the road, but the swerve it and then hit a sign.

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OH-161, New Albany, OH

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