Monday, February 15, 1999
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Calif. driver charged in fatal accident
A California man who was involved in a fatal accident Friday was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide after a Hamilton County Sheriff's office said he was “highly intoxicated” at the time of the wreck.
Robert D. Baxter, 39, of Sunnyvale, Calif., was arrested at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Franciscan Hospital — Mount Airy, where was being treated for broken bones caused by the accident.
Mr. Baxter was driving a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire eastbound on Interstate 275 when his car crossed the grass median at the Pippen Road overpass and collided head-on with a westbound pick-up truck.
The driver of the truck, Jefferson Taylor, 51, of Taylor Mill, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr. Baxter is expected to be arraigned today.
Hamilton officer struck by vehicle
HAMILTON — Hamilton Police Officer Daryl Coppock was struck by a vehicle while investigating an accident on Neilan Boulevard on Friday between 11:30 p.m. and midnight.
Officer Coppock was standing outside his police cruiser directing traffic at the scene of an earlier accident when a southbound vehicle slid on the ice-covered road and struck him, policereported.
Officer Coppock was treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton and released, police said.
Man seriously hurt in crash into trash bin
A Mount Lookout man was listed in serious condition at University Hospital following a one-car accident Saturday night, Cincinnati police said.
David Ayers, 40, was traveling in the 3200 block of Golden Avenue at 9:27 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a Rumpke trash container, leaving Mr. Ayers trapped inside, police said.
No charges have been filed.
Six nurses to win Nightingale awards
Know a nurse who deserves to be called a Florence Nightingale?
The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing is seeking nominations for its annual Florence Nightingale Awards. Six outstanding nurses will get $1,000 prizes at a banquet being planned for April 21 at the Hyatt Regency.
For information on how to nominate a nurse, call 558-5317. The nomination deadline is March 8.
Group launches Pulpit Exchange
The Race Relations Council of Greater Cincinnati has launched its annual Pulpit Exchange, with Forest Park's Quinn Chapel AME Church and Amberley Village's Rockdale Temple swapping clergy Friday.
The exchange is intended to foster understanding and harmony among people of various religions.
Pastors and rabbis from 124 religious groups have been partnered. Those groups' congregations number more than 19,000.
Golf Manor store robbed of $300
A masked man armed with a silver-colored handgun robbed a Golf Manor convenience store of about $300 just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Golf Manor police said the man — accused of robbing Serger's Manor Beverage & Delicatessen, 2704 Losantiville Road — was described as a white in his 30s, about 5-feet-8-inches tall, weighing 150 pounds.
The man was last seen running into the wooded area behind the store.
Woman hit by car in serious condition
MIDDLETOWN — Ernestine Moss, 57, of Woodridge Drive was in serious condition Sunday at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton after she was struck by another driver Friday night while standing next to her car.
Kathryn A. Wright, 49, of Ruby Drive in Franklin was charged with aggravated vehicular assault, operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and failure to maintain reasonable control, according to Middletown police.
Ms. Wright was westbound on Girard Avenue in a van and drifted to the right, striking Ms. Moss and her car, which was parked along the curb police said.
Ms. Wright was released from the Middletown jail Saturday morning on a $3,561 bond, police said.
Two-year-old boy shoots himself to death
COLUMBUS — A 2-year-old boy died Saturday morning after shooting himself in the face with his grandfather's handgun.
Lonzell Estes, who would have turned 3 next month, was playing with his 7-year-old sister at his grandparents' house in Columbus shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday.
Detective Patrick Dorn said the boy found a .22-caliber revolver the family kept for protection and shot himself in the chin.
County asks churches to assist welfare reform
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County government is asking churches and faith-based organizations to help train and support thousands of welfare recipients who must find work.
But the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is asking whether such an alliance would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
Churches can do a better job than the county of telling welfare recipients that the rules have changed because people have more trust in churches than welfare agencies, Commissioner Jimmy Dimora said.
“If we ever needed the church, we need it now,” said Ralph E. Johnson, general manager of Cuyahoga Work & Training, the agency implementing new welfare rules.
Those rules limit most people to 36 months of welfare benefits in their lifetimes and require them to work or be engaged in a combination of work/training and educational activities for 30 hours a week to keep their benefits.
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