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Motorist Indicted For Striking And Killing Highway Worker

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 10, 2017 at 5:42 AM EST
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A Franklin County grand jury has indicted the motorist accused of causing the death of a construction worker on I-70 near Hilliard-Rome Road last September. 30-year-old Edward Torres faces OVI and aggravated vehicular homicide charges. Prosecutors say Torres was high on drugs and alcohol when he struck and killed 59-year-old Steve Cook in a work zone. Torres is being held on 150 thousand dollars bond pending a November 27 arraignment.
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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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