DAYTON — A Dayton man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a crash that killed a 57-year-old man.
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Charley Roy Strickland III, 38, was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault and operating a vehicle while intoxicated on Jan. 9 after entering a plea deal, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
His driver’s license was also suspended for the rest of his life.
On Feb. 2, Juan Roddy was attaching a chain to disabled vehicle on Free Pike so he could tow it.
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Strickland reportedly hit the back of the disable vehicle, which then hit Roddy, causing him to go over the hood.
Roddy was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second victim, who was in the disabled vehicle, was treated at an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Strickland had a blood alcohol content of .219 — nearly three times over the legal limit — and tested positive for marijuana, according to the prosecutor’s office.