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Alcohol, Drugs Suspected Factors In Weekend Athens County Crash

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 24, 2017 at 5:33 AM EDT

The Ohio Highway Patrol suspects alcohol and drugs were factors in a fatal crash in Athens County on Sunday morning. Troopers say 28-year-old driver Travis Barber was injured when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve on State Route 144 and crashed into a ditch. His passenger, 54-year-old  Michael Taylor, was killed.  The patrol says neither man was wearing a seatbelt.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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