WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury will consider
charges against a 22-year-old man who police say was drunk when he
veered off an interstate highway in northeast Ohio and killed a former
police chief who was changing a tire.
Police said Andrew Picha of
Mayfield Heights was drunk and driving between 80 and 110 mph when he
drove off Interstate 480 in suburban Cleveland on Feb. 2 and killed
64-year-old Lester Mitchell, a former police chief at Cleveland State
University.
Picha was being held with a $50,000 bond on a
preliminary charge of aggravated vehicular homicide. Other charges will
be considered by the county grand jury. No attorney information was
available.
Picha told police he swerved to avoid two people standing in the middle of the road before he crashed.

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WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury will consider
charges against a 22-year-old man who police say was drunk when he
veered off an interstate highway in northeast Ohio and killed a former
police chief who was changing a tire.
Police said Andrew Picha of
Mayfield Heights was drunk and driving between 80 and 110 mph when he
drove off Interstate 480 in suburban Cleveland on Feb. 2 and killed
64-year-old Lester Mitchell, a former police chief at Cleveland State
University.
Picha was being held with a $50,000 bond on a
preliminary charge of aggravated vehicular homicide. Other charges will
be considered by the county grand jury. No attorney information was
available.
Picha told police he swerved to avoid two people standing in the middle of the road before he crashed.

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reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.