CLEVELAND, OH : Brunswick man charged in fatal I-480 crash also accused of possessing heroin, records show on Saturday, 1st October 2016

The Brunswick man charged in a fatal crash on Interstate 480 is also accused of possessing heroin, court records show.

Clark Justen, 48, is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and possession of heroin in the Saturday crash that killed Tanisha Matthews, according to Cleveland Municipal Court records.

His arraignment has not been scheduled.

Matthews, 27, of Maple Heights, died after a pickup struck her and a second woman just before 9:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes near State Road, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office said.

Cleveland EMS took Matthews and the 23-year-old woman to MetroHealth. The second woman was in fair condition Sunday morning, a nursing supervisor said.

The driver hit Matthews and the other woman while they were changing a tire. State Highway Patrol troopers arrested Justen near the Ridge Road exit, the Highway Patrol said.

The Highway Patrol said drugs were believed to be a factor in the crash.

The crash closed two westbound lanes between Ohio 176 and State Road.

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Brunswick man charged in fatal I-480 crash also accused of possessing heroin, records show