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From WFMJ TV, Youngstown, OH:
http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=12803113
Associated Press – July 14, 2010 6:45 AM ET
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A construction worker has been killed by a hit & run driver on an Ohio highway.
Police say 25-year-old Eric Kirkbride of Zanesville was struck by a Chevy Suburban or Tahoe SUV around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 in Columbus. They say the driver kept heading west and has a busted headlight and mirror and fender damage.
Kirkbride was pronounced dead at the scene.
Columbus police say work had been going on in the area at the time.
Interstate 70 has been closed west of Route 33 through the morning rush hour during the police investigation.
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