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Ohio Lottery winner dies after celebrating win

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say a woman who had been out celebrating her winnings in the Ohio Lottery was killed when she was struck by a car.

The Ohio Highway Patrol says Deborah McDonald of Crystal Rock had just left a bar in north-central Ohio and was walking along a road Tuesday night when she was hit.

A spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery says McDonald won $8,000 in the lottery's TV game show Cash Explosion Double Play.

The show was taped Jan. 12 and is set to air at the end of the month.

Patrons at a tavern near Sandusky say McDonald was with a group that had been celebrating her winnings and playing pool Tuesday night.

Patrol Sgt. Joe Wentworth says they are looking into whether alcohol was a factor, but they don't think the driver of the car was drinking.

Information from: Sandusky Register, http://www.sanduskyregister.com

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