A Lucas County judge expects to decide Friday afternoon whether a Fulton County man who conceded being drunk was criminally responsible for a fatal pedestrian crash last year outside Centennial Terrace.

After hearing lawyers’ closing arguments Thursday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, Judge Dean Mandros said he needed to watch videos from which only excerpts were shown during the three-day bench trial of driver Donald Christian, read transcripts of selected testimony, and review rulings from comparable cases before handing down a verdict.

Jerome Phillips, the defense lawyer for Mr. Christian, 55, of rural Lyons, Ohio, formally conceded Thursday morning that his client was intoxicated when his Jeep Wrangler hit Donald and Therese Fern of Swanton as they crossed Centennial Road

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