YURICH TRIAL | UPDATE: Couple recounts crash, cries for help

YOUNGSTOWN

Proceedings have closed in the second day of Dr. Joseph Yurich’s vehicular homicide trial.

The state brought eight witnesses to the stand, all of whom either heard or attempted to help survivors of a fatal boat crash on Berlin Reservoir in 2015.

Yurich, 38, of Poland faces several charges stemming from the May 8, 2015 incident that left one man dead and one man injured.

Proceedings will resume Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Earlier today, a man and woman who were fishing at Berlin Reservoir on the night of a fatal crash in 2015 recalled hearing a loud noise and hearing someone cry for help.

Constantine Covert, 49, of Atwater has worked in hospitals, but she was unable to get to those in the crash.

"I felt horrible that I couldn't do anything to help this man but make the 911 call," she said.

Covert later flagged down men on a fishing boat who attempted to rescue Neal Cupertino, 58, of Akron, who died in the crash.