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Driver Indicted in Lake Charles Hit-and-run Death

David Ingram

Story Created: Jun 30, 2009 at 7:10 AM CST

Story Updated: Jun 30, 2009 at 7:15 AM CST

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A motorist who struck a man in a motorized wheelchair has been indicted on vehicular homicide charges.

Calcasieu Parish grand jurors recently returned the indictment against 43-year-old Ellis Thomas Charles.

Police say Charles allegedly struck from behind and killed 54-year-old Gary Wayne Charles, who was traveling down a Lake Charles street in a motorized wheelchair. The defendant and the victim are not related.

Gary Charles, who was ejected from his wheelchair, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died of a head injury he had suffered.

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