Vehicle suspected in fatal accident being analyzed
Staff report
SOUTHINGTON
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate the early Friday hit-and-run accident that killed a 19-year-old Leavittsburg man by sending a vehicle believed to have been involved in the accident to a lab in Columbus for analysis.
A spokesman at the Southington post said the department also has identified the person they believe was driving the vehicle but has not charged the person because physical evidence from the car needs to be tested and analyzed.
Luke Macaluso, 19, of Center of the World South Road, was hit by a car from behind and killed in the 12:55 a.m. accident, which happened a short distance north of his house.
Macaluso, who had completed his freshman year at the University of Akron, was walking south on the road with his girlfriend, Brittany Russell, 18, of Warren, at the time of the accident. Russell was not injured.
The vehicle stopped momentarily after the accident but then proceeded south, Macaluso’s friends said.
Macaluso, a 2009 LaBrae High School graduate, was captain of his high school football team his senior year and a four-year letterman in football.
He had three brothers, including a twin.
Macaluso’s funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.