Grandmother dies in sled-riding incident

A Dublin woman fatally injured in a sled-riding accident while with her grandchildren will be laid to rest Friday.

The Columbus Dispatch reports Janet Ann Barr, 64, of Dublin, died on Saturday at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, according to the Rutherford Funeral Home in Powell. Barr is the mother-in-law of Craig Krenzel, quarterback of the 2002 National Championship football team at Ohio State University.

Jerome Township Fire Department paramedics along with Union County sheriff ’s deputies were called at 3:56 p.m. Friday to a residence on Jerome Road outside of Dublin, said sheriff ’s Chief Deputy Tom Morgan. Krenzel, his wife and four children reside there.

The initial report to Union County 911 operators was that a woman had fallen and hit her head, Morgan said. She was taken to OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital, he said.

Barr died after a sled-riding accident that occurred when she was with her grandchildren. It was not clear whether the accident occurred on the Krenzel property or nearby, but the paramedics took Barr from the Krenzel residence.

A graduate of the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Barr had a long career as a pharmacist before retiring in 2013.