Canadian man held on felony charge after fatal Austintown crash

YOUNGSTOWN — The case of a Canadian man charged in a fatal Turnpike crash has been bound over to the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.

Ohio State Highway Patrol officials said Wednesday that Rahmatkarn Dhillon, 23, of Canada, was charged at the fatal crash in Austintown on July 31. He was arraigned in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown last week and waived a preliminary hearing in the township court, leading to his case being bound over to common pleas.

Online court records said he has been charged with a third degree felony for aggravated vehicular homicide and a fourth degree felony for aggravate vehicular assault.

The crash occurred about 2:45 p.m. July 31 on Interstate 76 near milepost 223, near the Kirk Road overpass. The trailer of a commercial truck was on fire with another vehicle trapped underneath it. Four other vehicles were either partially in the left or right lanes.

Stacy Gardner, 44 of Massillon, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the crash site. She was a far rear seat passenger of the vehicle trapped underneath the trailer.