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Driver of truck that ejected boy is indicted on felony and misdemeanor counts
DAYTON — A man who was driving a pickup truck when his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son was ejected from the bed was indicted Wednesday, Nov. 18, on multiple felony charges.
Ryan S. Lucas, 21, was indicted on two counts of child endangering, one count of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of vehicular assault.
The grand jury also indicted Lucas on two misdemeanor counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Both of those counts are first-degree misdemeanors, punishable by up to six months in the county jail.
The boy has been released from Children’s Medical Center.
Lucas was driving on Manning Road on Nov. 9 with the boy riding in the truck bed. The boy’s mother was trailing in a separate vehicle, police believe, because she and Lucas were in the process of moving property.
Lucas drove off the right side of the road, struck a mailbox and then a drainage culvert, causing the boy to be ejected.
Police found empty beer cans in the back of truck and Lucas’ blood alcohol tested over the legal limit, police said.
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