Repeat drunken driver now charged with killing her unborn child, another woman

Staff report

Youngstown

A Canfield woman is indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide charges in the April deaths of her unborn child and another woman.

A Mahoning County grand jury indicted 25-year-old Raechel Zorger of Calla Road today. She is charged with two second-degree felony counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one second-degree misdemeanor count of child endangering.

Darla Schumacher, 55, of Detwiler Road, was killed just after 5 p.m. April 12 when the car she was driving collided with Zorger’s car. The accident took place on Detwiler just south of Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township.

Zorger, who was six months pregnant at the time, drove left of center, causing the accident, according to police.

“The prosecutor felt that due to the high level of alcohol and the crash that led to the deaths, that both [homicide] charges were needed,” he said.

A warrant was issued today for Zorger’s arrest.

In addition to these new charges, Zorger was convicted in two other incidents involving alcohol in the past five years.

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