Jodi Weaver charged in daughter's crash death
WARREN
Jodi Weaver, whose daughter died in a rollover car crash on West Market Street March 12, is charged with vehicular homicide in her daughter’s death.
The main reasons for the charge are the speed Weaver was traveling at the time of the crash and her failure to control her vehicle, said Lt. Jeff Cole, a Warren police spokesman. She was driving too fast, but Cole said he didn’t know what her speed was.
The Warren Police Department and Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated the crash.
Weaver, 40, of Rex Boulevard Northwest, is scheduled to appear for arraignment at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Warren Municipal Court, where the charge was filed Tuesday. She has not been arrested, Cole said.
Weaver has an extensive record of traffic charges through Warren Municipal Court. She was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs in 1996 and 2003, but investigators said they did not believe alcohol was a factor in the March 12 crash.
Weaver told police she swerved to avoid a car just prior to the 4:30 p.m. crash, causing her to hit a pothole and lose control of the pickup truck she was driving.
But police interviewed the driver of that car, and he has not been charged, Cole said.
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