Public works employee assaults coworker with weapon
One city employee was arrested and another sent to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries after an on-duty argument turned violent, a Columbus Police Department press release said.
Two Columbus Public Works employees began arguing while working near Pickensville Road in South Columbus Wednesday afternoon, according to the release. The two worked on the same crew.
Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton said one employee “assaulted the other with a weapon,” but declined to say what weapon.
Neither Public Works Director Casey Bush nor Mayor Robert Smith returned calls from The Dispatch asking for comment on the incident. However, the press release said Smith confirmed the two employees are on administrative leave. The city council will also meet today to discuss the matter, along with a police personnel matter.
Vehicle pulls out in front of ambulance, causes wreck An ambulance from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle collided with a car on Gardner Boulevard Monday morning. Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton said the car pulled out in front of the ambulance, which was responding to a vehicle. The driver of the car was taken via another ambulance to the hospital for non life-threatening injuries. Courtesy photo
Three ambulances were dispatched for the sake of one 911 call after the first ambulance collided with a private vehicle on Gardner Boulevard Monday morning.
The first ambulance was on its way to a call when the collision occurred near the Chevron gas station at about 8 a.m. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle then dispatched two more ambulances one to respond to the original call and one to respond to the accident on Gardner, hospital spokesperson Megan Pratt said. She added the accident did not result in any serious injuries.
Columbus ends mask-wearing mandate
Columbus City Council lifted its citywide mask mandate at its regular meeting Tuesday night, though not without some tense back and forth between two council members.
The council voted 4-1 to require face coverings only in city buildings. Ward 2 Councilman Joseph Mickens opposed.
Joseph Mickens
“I think we’re making a huge mistake here,” Mickens said before the vote. “I’ve got to totally disagree with you on this one. What I’m hearing, what the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is saying now, (is) that we’ve got an uptick with a new virus coming out now. But now we get a little pressure on us, we want to hunker down and get rid of the mask.
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