GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash involving a Columbus fire truck Sunday night.

Columbus police dispatchers said the crash happened in the area of Interstate 270 and Hamilton Road near Gahanna at approximately 9:59 p.m. According to Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Jeffery Geitter, the crash happened when a vehicle crashed into the back of the fire engine on I-270 North.

Timothy Wiggins, 63, of Delaware, was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 62-year-old passenger in the car was taken to Mt. Carmel East hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A firefighter was also injured by a dog that was in the car that hit the fire engine, Geitter said. The firefighter, who was helping patients at the scene at the time, was also taken to Mt. Carmel East in a stable condition.

I-270 northbound was closed past the Broad Street exit on the east side of Columbus due to the crash, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. It reopened just before 4 a.m.