46-year-old man dies after being hit by car while trying to escape loose dogs

A man is dead after being hit by a car in Clark County while trying to get away from loose dogs Friday night.

The man has been identified by the Ohio State Highway Patrol as 46-year-old Jason Caponera, of Yonkers, New York.

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As previously reported by News Center 7, Clark County deputies and state troopers were called to the 11000 block of Lower Valley Pike on reports of a person hit by a car around 9:30 p.m.

An initial investigation showed that Caponera was walking on the shoulder of Lower Valley Pike when two loose dogs from a nearby home ran across the street and jumped on him…

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