Police Chase Pedestrian killed by Teens Fleeing in Stolen Car

A lieutenant with the Franklin County sheriff’s office pursues a speeding stolen car driven by a 16-year-old from Michigan. During the pursuit, a 61-year-old man walking across a busy street is struck by the stolen car.

Arthur L. Smith III was a familiar figure around his Madison Township neighborhood.

An auto mechanic for 30 years before health issues sidelined him, Smith often could be found walking with his personal cart, full of groceries or sometimes scrap metal. He would walk through his neighborhood off Noe-Bixby Road or to the nearby commercial strip along Hamilton Road, where the city of Columbus cuts into the township along Route 33 in southeastern Franklin County.

It’s a route that Smith, 61, was walking on Feb. 26, a sunny, 40-degree afternoon and a welcome respite from a cold winter.A few miles away, a 2001 Chevrolet Cruze blew by Lt. Edward Schillig of the Franklin County sheriff’s office on Route 33 just west of the Fairfield County line, initially clocked at 88 mph. The lieutenant pulled out to pursue the eastbound car, intending to cite the driver for excessive speed. He soon would learn that driver Ramadhan H. Muridi and four other Michigan youths — all of them 12 to 16 years old — had been on their way to Florida in the car, which was reported stolen five days earlier. Inside were about a dozen stolen credit cards to help fund their trip, plus a credit-card skimmer.

The pursuit lasted 10 minutes, but by the end, it would be tragically intertwined with Smith’s daily routine, and it would change the lives of all involved.

The details of the high-pressure, high-speed chase are documented in the dash-cam video from Schillig’s cruiser, radio communications and investigative records.
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