Police: man struck car, killed man while on drugs

Posted at: 01/21/2013 4:40 PM | Updated at: 01/21/2013 5:58 PM
By: WNYT Staff

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CHARLTON - A Washington County man is charged with manslaughter after police say struck a car and killed another man while high on drugs.

The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon on State Route 67 in Charlton.

Police say 24-year-old Marcus Young of Granville crossed the center lane, and hit a car driven by 50-year-old Glenn Smith of Amsterdam.

Smith died at the hospital.

Young is now behind bars on DWAI and manslaughter charges.





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