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Police say woman ran car over man
YOUNGSTOWN — A woman is in police custody and a man is in the hospital after police said she ran him over with a car during an argument.
Lisa Snyder, 33, of Warren, is charged with felonious assault. She appeared earlier this week before Judge Robert Milich of Youngstown Municipal Court for arraignment.
Snyder is still in the Mahoning County jail with bond set at $50,000. She is due back in court at 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Officers were called to the 600 block of St. Louis Avenue on the South Side just after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday for a disturbance. Officers found a 25-year-old St. Louis Avenue man lying in a driveway unconscious with scratches on his hands and stomach and blood on his face.
Snyder was kneeling over the wounded man holding his head. Several people were standing near the man yelling at Snyder for running him over.
Snyder reportedly said the man had a knife and was kicking the windows of the Chevrolet Lumina she was driving. She also told police she was tired of the man “dogging her.”
Officers took Snyder into custody after several bystanders identified her as the person behind the wheel of the car when the man was hit.
A 38-year-old Clearmont Avenue woman riding in the car with Snyder at the time the man was hit provided police a detailed witness account of what took place immediately before the man was struck by the car.
The woman told officers that Snyder pulled up to the man’s house, and he came out and used foul language toward both women. She said the man started punching the passenger side of the car then ran to the driver’s side and began kicking the window.
The female witness told police Snyder backed out of the driveway then pulled back up, striking the man with the car “at full force, and ran completely over him.”
A man living nearby the house where the incident took place said he heard a commotion outside and turned on a video camera to record whatever might transpire. He also detailed for police how the car struck the man.
Reports say the video did not show the man actually being hit by the car because the camera was at a different angle, but audio of the incident can be heard on the video. Police have collected the video as evidence.
The man was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center and listed in stable condition late Thursday.
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