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Essex Man Charged In Deadly Motorcycle Crash

AM800-News-Manning-Road-Middle-Road-Stock-Photo-1-1.3092979 AM800-News-Manning-Road-Middle-Road-Stock-Photo-1 (An overhead look at Manning Road and Middle Road in Essex County. (Photo courtesy Google Maps))

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The driver of the van that struck a motorcycle faces drunk driving charges

OPP have charged the driver of a van that struck and killed 2 people on a motorcycle in Tecumseh.

The names of the two people on the motorcycle have also been released — 66-year-old Larry and Patricia Best.

They were driving south on Manning Rd. on Sunday at about 4:30pm when struck by an eastbound van at County Rd, 46.

The 54-year-old driver of the van was arrested at the scene.

Gerald Decoste of Essex is charged with two counts each of impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and driving a motor vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in the blood causing death.