3 dead, 3 injured after chain-reaction crash on I-71

Three people are dead and three people were transported to area hospitals after a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles.

The Columbus Division of Police responded to the crash just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday after a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by Corey Johnson veered left off Interstate 71 North near 11th Avenue and struck the median wall.

The vehicle then struck Amina Mohamed, Amal Mohamed and Anisa Abdi Karim, who were traveling in a 2009 Toyota Corolla, police said.

Johnson’s vehicle was then struck by a 2017 Toyota Camry driven by Gabriel Reid Akomeah, 34, of Columbus.

Akomeah was then struck by a 2019 Chevrolet Impala driven by Monica Sharpe.

Amal Mohamed and Anisa Abdi Karim were pronounced dead at the scene at 1:51 a.m. Akomeah was pronounced dead at 1:54 a.m.

Amina Mohamed was transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in critical condition.

Johnson and his passenger, Raven Shepard, were transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.

And Sharpe and her passenger, Deondra Minor, were taken to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center in stable condition.