Driver accused of causing crash that killed 4 at Dayton Intl. Airport changes plea before trial

He was accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed four people at Dayton’s airport.

A judge convicted him of those crimes after he changed his plea just a week before his trial was supposed to start.

News Center 7’s John Bedell has followed this story for years. On Monday, he went to the courthouse to get new insight into the punishment the suspect could face at sentencing.

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Clayton Hughes was in court last month, as he was getting ready for a two-week trial. That trial was supposed to start next week on August 17. But now it’s not happening…

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