The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol worked in partnership with the Lake Township Police Department to solve the serious injury hit-skip crash in which two juveniles were struck on Ayers Road near Interstate 280 on Oct. 15 at 7:16 p.m. in Lake Township.
Following the incident, numerous tips came in to both agencies regarding sightings of the possible hit-skip vehicle believed to be involved in the crash. Troopers and officers worked to follow-up on these leads. Tips from the public led investigators to Elmore, where they found the hit-skip vehicle and were able to identify the driver as Kelly Lynn DeStazio, age 47, of Elmore.
As a result of the crash, Donnevin J. Murray, age 16, and Thomas J. Hamby, age 12, both of Millbury, were hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck walking in the roadway.
Last week, DeStazio was indicted in the Wood County Common Pleas Court for four counts of failure to stop after an accident, two fourth-degree felonies and two fifth-degree felonies.
