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The Ohio Highway Patrol said a drunken golf cart driver killed a passenger Saturday morning after swerving off the road in Chester Township.

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CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The Ohio Highway Patrol says a drunken golf cart driver killed a passenger when he drove the vehicle over an embankment.

The incident happened about 1:15 a.m. Saturday on Lehr Road east of Rathburn Road. The driver was westbound at an unsafe speed when he swerved off the left side of the road, the highway patrol said.

Robert M. Moore, 49, of Jeromesville, was thrown from the front passenger seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and another passenger also were ejected. Both were driven to Wooster Community Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, the highway patrol said.

The golf cart driver was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, unsafe speed and failure to control, according to a news release.