PORT HURON, Mich. – An 18-year-old has been charged with operating while intoxicated causing death for allegedly fatally striking a popular tow truck driver who was pulling a car out of a ditch in St. Clair County.
Trent Fletcher Sheldon, of Fort Gratiot Township, was arraigned Thursday. He's also charged with commission of a felony with a motor vehicle.
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Jason Schultz, 28, had his tow truck on the southbound lane of traffic on North Road, south of Keewahdin, at about 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 15 while he was attempting to pull a vehicle from the ditch on the west side of the road.
Sheldon was behind the wheel of a Jeep when he passed the truck on the shoulder and hit Schultz, the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office said. The driver of the vehicle getting pulled out of the ditch was in his vehicle and was also struck. He has since been released from the hospital.
Toxicology reports from the Michigan State Police crime laboratory showed that Sheldon had marijuana in his system at the time of the crash, the sheriff's office said.