The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:30 PM

Four Toldeo Ohio Boys Charged With Murder After Sandbag They Dropped From Interstate Overpass Kill Passenger In Car

Authorities in Toledo, Ohio, have charged four boys with murder after a sandbag they allegedly dropped from an interstate overpass killed a passenger in a car.

Authorities say the three 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old threw sandbags and other objects onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 on December 19.
One of the bags crashed through the window of a car traveling below, hitting passenger Marquise Byrd on the head.
Byrd, a 22-year-old from Warren, Michigan, later died.
The boys, who have not been identified because they are minors, will be arraigned Wednesday on charges of murder and vehicular vandalism.