Additional Charges Filed In Deadly Hit In Run Incident

Last updated on Thursday, June 16, 2011

(LAFAYETTE) - Additional charges have been filed against a man accused in a hit and run that killed a 15-year-old.

42-year-old Robert Kirts is now charged with reckless homicide and DUI in the Tippecanoe County crash that killed Ebony Knight in February.

Authorities say Kirts had been out drinking before getting behind the wheel and had consumed several beers and shots of so-called "liquid cocaine

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