MARYSVILLE — A Union County grand jury recently indicted John P. Hixon, 49, of 850 Bonnie Lane, Bellefontaine, on one count of reckless homicide, a felony of the third degree, in the Jan. 4 death of Ghouse Gulam, 61, of Delaware, Ohio.
According to area reports, Gulam, a contract worker at the Ohio Center, a Honda Research and Development facility, died as the result of massive head trauma after he was hit in the head by a forklift, operated by Hixon, as Mr. Gulam was walking on a causeway between buildings on the campus. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Union County, where he later was pronounced dead.
If convicted, Hixon faces as many as five years in prison.