Teen Struck By Alleged Repeat Drunken Driver

A 15-year-old boy was recovering on Thursday after he was struck by an alleged drunken driver.

Troopers said that Jordan Morrison was on his bike when he was struck and was thrown onto the hood and through the windshield of a vehicle driven by Scott Bowels of Pataskala vehicle

According to investigators, Bowels, 40, had a prior OVI in 2004, and now faces charges of not stopping in time and drunken driving.

Evan Din, a 17-year-old neighbor, said that he saw the crash, 10TV’s Danielle Elias reported.

“I saw the shoes in the middle of the road and the bike was right here,” Din said. “Then I looked over to the right, and there was a car in the ditch, right by that telephone pole and the window was bashed out.”

Din said that Morrison rode his bike along the road often, Elias reported.

“I saw him when the ambulance got here, they were pulling him out of the car,” Din said. “They had to pull him out head first, because he couldn’t move his legs. He was on a stretcher.”

Bowles, a Pataskala resident, was expected in court next week.

Morrison is expected to recover, Elias reported.

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