Man Struck by Sandbag Thrown Off I-75 Overpass Dies—4 Ohio Teens Charged

This overpass—Indiana Avenue over the southbound lane of I-75 in Toledo—was the site of the lethal assault. Screenshot—Bing Maps

A Michigan man is dead, a victim of a sandbag tossed from a highway overpass in Toledo, Ohio, by a group of teenagers.

Marquise Byrd, 22, of Warren, Michigan, was riding in the passenger seat of a friend’s car when he was struck by a sandbag thrown off the I-75 overpass at Indiana Avenue on Dec. 19. The sandbag shattered the windshield and struck Byrd in the head.