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Powell Family Sues Over Fatal Drinking

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The family of an Ellet teenager Tricia Powell killed while standing with her disabled car on I-76 Easter Weekend is reportedly suing the driver charged with killing her, and the bar he got drunk in, for continuing to serve him even though he was already intoxicated.

The Beacon Journal reports Charles Queer Jr. of Tallmadge and the owners of KC's Nashville Nights on West Wilbeth were named in the lawsuit.  Police say Queer tested .204, more than twice the legal limit of .08, early in the morning of March 27, 2016.

The lawyer for the Powell family says Queer was attending a music performance of a relative. Powell had been with her disabled vehicle when he struck her car. She later died of her injuries.

Queer faces aggravated vehicular homicide felony charges as well as three counts of operating a vehicle while impaired. His criminal defense lawyer says another attorney will handle the civil suit, which seeks $25,000 in damages.

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