// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was 2023 in Ohio a tree-mendous year? It branched out.
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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Ohio.
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[edit]- February 3 – 2023 Ohio train derailment: A train carrying 20 cars of hazardous material derails in East Palestine. The material was burned, which releases hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air, causing an evacuation of all residents within a one-mile radius of the crash and an emergency response across three states.[1]
- March 4 – A Norfolk Southern train derails in Clark County with local residents advised to shelter in place. The derailment comes just over one month after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine. However, no hazardous materials are known to be involved in the Clark County derailment.[2]
- April 29 – Thirty-four people are injured in a roof collapse near the Ohio State University in Columbus.[3]
- June 15 – 2023 Doerman killings: A father in Monroe Township, Clermont County kills his three sons.[4]
- November 7 – Voters approve the 2023 Ohio Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.[5]
- November 14 – Six people are killed and eighteen others are injured in a crash between a semi-trailer and a charter bus on Interstate 70 in Licking County.[6]
- November 28 – Three people are killed in an explosion at a business in Hillsboro.[7]
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[edit]- ↑ Perkins, Tom (February 11, 2023). "Ohio catastrophe is 'wake-up call' to dangers of deadly train derailments". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Shelter-in-place ends after train derails in Springfield". WDTN.com. March 4, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ "34 injured in roof collapse at house party near Ohio State University". BNO News. April 30, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ Knight, Cameron; Vari, Cheryl; Bentley, Quinlan (June 16, 2023). "Prosecutor says father lined his sons up and executed them with a rifle in Ohio". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
- ↑ BeMiller, Haley. "Ohio votes to legalize recreational marijuana". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ Bruner, Cole Behrens and Bethany. "6 killed in fiery, multi-vehicle crash on I-70W identified by Ohio Highway Patrol". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ WHIO Staff (November 29, 2023). "3 dead, 1 injured after explosion at Ohio business". WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio. Retrieved December 14, 2024.