Lottery winner received prize day she died
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — A lottery winner who was struck and killed by a car in northern Ohio on the day she got her cheque had just spent some of the money on wedding rings for her and her husband.
The Ohio Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Deborah McDonald of Crystal Rock was walking home from a bar when she was hit by a car.
Investigators say McDonald had been drinking and celebrating her winnings before she died.
McDonald got a check for $5,520 on Tuesday and treated her husband and friends to dinner. Friends say she also bought a pair of wedding rings that the couple had been unable to afford.
McDonald won the money in the Ohio Lottery’s TV game show “Cash Explosion Double Play.”
If I ever won the lottery this is exactly what would happen. In fact I think I'd have to buy a giant bubble to move around in so I don't immediately contract some rare illness or get hit by an 18 wheeler. I guess its at least a comfort that McDonald only won $5500 and not $10 million. She got a few drinks and wedding rings and the remainder can be used to pay for funeral costs. There'll be no coffee can for her ashes.
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