Former Ohio State offensive lineman Kirk Barton has been charged with aggravated vehicular manslaughter after a fatal car accident in Dublin, Ohio.
According to NBC4, Barton was driving a pickup truck at a high rate of speed when he struck another vehicle on West Bridge Street in Dublin around 3 a.m. Saturday morning. The driver of the vehicle that was hit, 24-year-old Ethan Perry, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Barton suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was released from Riverside Methodist Hospital into police custody.
Barton played for Ohio State from 2003-07, earning All-American honors as the Buckeyes’ right tackle in 2007.