Joshua Oertel's Tragic Death

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Today on May 5, 2017 there has been a tragic death that occurred at around 7:30 pm. Joshua Oertel was killed by a drunk driver. Josh was just getting off of work a few hours before this all happened. He went over to his mom's house to say hi then afterwards he went on a walk with his brother. As Josh and his brother were on their walk, that is when Josh got hit by the drunk driver. When Josh got hit, he was severely hurt and was bleeding but he had time to get to the hospital. While in the hospital at 7:30 pm Joshua Oertel passed away. The wake and funeral are already set up and scheduled. On May 12, 2017 and May 13, 2017 will be the wake and funeral for Josh. His family has been through so much in past few weeks, It has really been hard for

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