PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — A Columbus man was killed overnight after being struck by a vehicle.
It happened shortly after 1 a.m. just south of Waverly.
According to the Ohio Highway Patrol, a 2020 Dodge Ram pickup truck, driven by 57-year-old Robert W. Heising, of Chillicothe, was traveling northbound along Route 104 when he struck 45-year-old Timothy Barnhart, of Columbus.
Barnhart, the patrol said, was walking southbound in the northbound lane.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Pike County Coroner’s Office.
The incident, officials say, remains under investigation.
The driver of the pickup truck was uninjured.
