Video: Wreckage East Side O’Charley’s after car slammed into it
Twelve people were injured and EMS transported seven people to the hospital after a car crashed into an O’Charley’s restaurant in Reynoldsburg Sunday evening.
- A TikTok clip from a comedy podcast is highlighting Columbus’s reputation for cars crashing into buildings.
- Comedians Josh Johnson, Ashley Gavin and Geoffrey Asmus joke about Columbus cars crashing into buildings in their March 6 debut podcast episode.
- The Dispatch previously reported on Columbus cars crashing into buildings.
Columbus’ reputation for drivers who mistake storefronts for parking spots is now making waves on TikTok after comedians on a popular podcast poked fun at the city’s unusual crash habit.
A TikTok clip from the debut episode of the comedy podcast “What’s News With You” is shining a new light on Columbus’ strange reputation for cars crashing into buildings.
The episode, hosted by comedians Josh Johnson and Ashley Gavin, features guest Geoffrey Asmus reacting to a caller who shared that two vehicles crashed into a Kroger in Delaware on Jan. 5.
A short segment from the show was reposted to TikTok on Oct. 22 with the caption “Not All Midwesterners.” The hosts joked at the frequency of such crashes and whether Columbus drivers can, in fact, drive.
“In the parking lot? That doesn’t even make sense.” Asmus joked. “I mean that is the most interesting thing to happen in Columbus.”
Commenters agreed, calling Columbus home to some of the nation’s worst drivers and tagging cbuscarikaze, an Instagram account dedicated to tracking car-into-building crashes. Although Columbus police don’t specifically track crashes involving cars in buildings, the page reports 67 incidents so far in 2025, compared with 226 in 2024.
The Dispatch previously reported on the trend after a car slammed into an O’Charley’s in Reynoldsburg on Sept. 22, 2024, injuring 13 people. The Dispatch reported about 24% of such crashes happen in retail stores and that many of the crashes could be prevented with storefront safety barriers.
Trending reporter Amani Bayo can be reached at abayo@dispatch.com.
