Woman can await trial outside of jail

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Canfield woman charged with killing her unborn child and a woman while driving drunk will be permitted to wait for her trial date outside of Mahoning County jail, but she will not be permitted to drive.

Rachel Zorger, 25, of Calla Road, was arraigned Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. She is charged with two second-degree felony counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one second-degree misdemeanor count of child endangering.

Zorger will be permitted to remain free on a $10,000 bond while she awaits her day in court; however, she will have to surrender her driver’s license to the court. Zorger also has been ordered to refrain from the use of any drugs or alcohol while out on bond.

No court date has been set, but Zorger did waive her right to a speedy trial. The case is assigned to Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.

If convicted, she faces up to eight years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000 on each felony charge and up to three months in jail and a fine of up to $750 on the misdemeanor charge.

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 the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

The patrol said she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.259. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08.