COLUMBUS (AP) — The prosecutor in Franklin County says a man accused of crashing into a South Side mobile home and causing the death of a woman inside the home has been indicted on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s statement Tuesday said Everette Collins, 29, was driving his Chevrolet Trailblazer recklessly on Greenlawn Avenue, west of Harmon Avenue, in Franklin Township Jan. 19 when he struck a metal fence and crashed into 62-year-old Judith Wade’s home.
O’Brien says Collins then fled on foot but was later identified by DNA found on the SUV’s airbag.
Wade and her five-year-old granddaughter were injured in the crash. Wade was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition and died from her injuries about two weeks later.
O’Brien said Collins also was indicted Tuesday on a charge of failure to stop after an accident.
Court records don’t list an attorney for Collins.