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Joseph E. Byler, 28, killed, Alma Byler, 19, critically injured, airlifted to hospital, Irene Byler, 23, Ester Byler, injured, taken to hospital, after their buggy is struck by a SUV, driven by Douglas S. Learn, 42, on Tavern Road near Burton Township.

Date: 
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Area: 
Cleveland-Akron, OH
Authorities will file homicide charges against a Burton Township man accused of crashing into an Amish buggy on Sunday, killing a 28-year-old man, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Lt. Mark Neff said charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, drunken driving and driving with a suspended license will be filed against Douglas S. Learn, 42. Learn is accused of driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system and slamming into the buggy about 9 p.m. Sunday on Tavern Road north of Ohio 700.