Pedestrian in fatal crash identified as high-school student | The Columbus Dispatch

It is just sad that someone can hit another human being and keep on driving. There are a only a few reasons to keep going. Lets see intoxicated, no license, wanted, illegal etc. Now for the guy that was struck ... what was he doing on the freeway? With everyone having cell phones I am sure he didn't need to be walking on it. But to have someone hit him and keep going is just wrong.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and I hope they catch the coward that kept going.

It could be possible, and I say possible, that the person that hit him did not know that he hit someone. What if it was a semi - he may have thought he just hit an animal or something....just saying. Now for the young man that was walking on 270 at 3:30am - what was he doing out there at that hour???

Just Saying wrote:

It is just sad that someone can hit another human being and keep on driving. There are a only a few reasons to keep going. Lets see intoxicated, no license, wanted, illegal etc. Now for the guy that was struck ... what was he doing on the freeway? With everyone having cell phones I am sure he didn't need to be walking on it. But to have someone hit him and keep going is just wrong.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and I hope they catch the coward that kept going.

Nana wrote:

It could be possible, and I say possible, that the person that hit him did not know that he hit someone. What if it was a semi - he may have thought he just hit an animal or something....just saying. Now for the young man that was walking on 270 at 3:30am - what was he doing out there at that hour???
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I agree it could have been a semi ... but semi's are suppose to have headlights and with headlights they should be able to see not only directly in front of them but also on the sides. A person walking does not look like a four legged dear at least I don't think so.
Just saying

I drove by there around 5:30am. The body was in the middle of the right most lane. No, I don't know why I looked. I'm wondering if it was a suicide, that he jumped in front of a truck. The driver may not have known he hit anything.

A person walking does not look like a four legged dear.
Do you mean deer?

How 'bout the three legged deer?

Curfew?

How tragic. Does not matter what, where, when, or why.

comment wrote:

Curfew?

EXACTLY!!!! What was a high school student doing out at 3:30 AM?

Like the old saying goes, "Nothing good ever happens after midnight".

I feel sorry for his family and hope this truly was just an accident and nothing more.

Curfew?

He was 18 years old, no curfew would have applied to him.

Leroy Says wrote:

Waitin' for the "short-bus"?

What an A- Hole

What a sad and tragic end to a young life. RIP, young man.

angie wrote:

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What an A- Hole

I assume you mean Leroy??

Not only was Brent so young when we lost him, but he was a good kid and always so happy. You will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.

Not Worried wrote:

Curfew?
He was 18 years old, no curfew would have applied to him.

He was still in high school. I always had a curfew when I lived with my parentsn even in college, their roof their rules. Parents seem to let kids do whatever they want anymore and then these kinds of things happen. It's a sad story.

la di da wrote:

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He was still in high school. I always had a curfew when I lived with my parentsn even in college, their roof their rules. Parents seem to let kids do whatever they want anymore and then these kinds of things happen. It's a sad story.

Schools out for the SUMMER! Hey they should make that into a song!

just saying is stoopid wrote:

A person walking does not look like a four legged dear.
Do you mean deer?
How 'bout the three legged deer?

Umm ... thanks for the English lesson! Yes I mean Deer. So sorry I didn't pass your class.

Just Saying wrote:

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Schools out for the SUMMER! Hey they should make that into a song!

Oh so when school is out for summer we should let our kids be out at 3:30 in the morning? Because there is oh so much to do in the City at that hour that is legal...

i dont understand why you people sit on the computer posting comments about someone you didnt know , its sad that people want to make everything into bad .
get lives n stop sitting on her downgrading a person who has passed lord . lets grow up bc if it was your daughter or son you wouldnt be saying what you are now.

la di da wrote:

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Oh so when school is out for summer we should let our kids be out at 3:30 in the morning? Because there is oh so much to do in the City at that hour that is legal...

Never said that ... but if the kid is 18 years old he is considered an adult. Not against the law.

smh wrote:

i dont understand why you people sit on the computer posting comments about someone you didnt know , its sad that people want to make everything into bad .
get lives n stop sitting on her downgrading a person who has passed lord . lets grow up bc if it was your daughter or son you wouldnt be saying what you are now.

I don't think people make comments that are offensive to offend the families that are hurting in a tragedy. People use the absurd to show the absurd behavior of people.
Bad choices will have bad consequences and everyone should learn from them.
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