Police describe dragging death
From Times Wire Reports
A 45-year-old man scared a 17-year-old into driving off in a pickup truck with the teen unaware he was dragging another man, who later died, authorities said.
The victim, a 20-year-old university student, had frightened eight people at a campsite in the Newport area, north of Spokane, by making threats, including mentioning coming after them with an ax, police said. The older man tied a rope to the truck’s trailer hitch and around the victim.
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