LITHOPOLIS, Ohio — The driver in a Lithopolis crash that killed a 9-year-old girl and injured her mother has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, the Fairfield County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.
Police say 67-year-old Kim Horton hit the girl and her 38-year-old mother who were operating a produce stand near East Columbus Street in Lithopolis.
According to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Horton was driving a Honda Accord westbound on Lithopolis Road near Salem Church Road and drove off the right side of the road.
Horton went off the road a second time and was unable to handle a curve, police said.
Medics performed life-saving measures on the girl but were not successful and she died at the scene. Her mother was taken to a hospital.
Ohio State Highway Patrol says impairment is believed to be a factor in the crash.
The prosecutor’s office says the investigation is ongoing and additional charges are expected in the coming weeks.