Kirk Barton, a former captain at Ohio State who went on to play in the NFL, faces an aggravated vehicular manslaughter charge following a fatal crash early Saturday morning.
Police in Dublin, Ohio, say Barton is suspected of driving "at a high rate of speed" when his truck hit a car at 2:56 a.m. local time. The driver of the car, 24-year-old Ethan Wence Perry, died at the scene.
Barton, 40, was hospitalized briefly with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police, and he was later taken to Franklin County Jail, where he was facing the felony charge.