A South Dakota man faces a felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide after authorities say he ran over and killed another man with a dump truck while under the influence of alcohol. 31-year-old Andrew Michael Ames, of Yankton, S.D., was charged after the truck he was driving ran over and killed 38-year-old Jason Thompson early Monday at a construction site in Gillette. According to court documents, a witness saw Ames drive over Thompson as he was backing up a dump truck. Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene. Ames told investigators that he had been drinking the night before. Police says he failed a field sobriety test and that his blood alcohol level was higher than the threshold for driving under the influence.
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