Four years in vehicular homicide case

YOUNGSTOWN — A Washingtonville man is going to prison for four years after he pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in the July 6, 2004, death of an 18-year-old pedestrian on Washingtonville Road near Roller Road in Green Township.

David Lee Fry, 41, of West Main Street, drew the sentence recently from Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Fry had pleaded guilty in February in the death of Stephen Houchins of Third Street, Salem. Houchins was killed instantly when he was struck by the pickup truck Fry was driving.

Both men were southbound, having left the same house party on Green Valley Road. Fry left the scene of the 12:10 a.m. accident, said Michael McBride, assistant county prosecutor.

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