CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Waylynn T. Ward, 25, of Yolanda Drive in Austintown, was indicted last week on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and child endangering in a fatal Sept. 7 crash on Tippecanoe Road that the Ohio State Highway Patrol said involved aggressive driving.

If convicted, Ward could get several years in prison. Killed in the crash was Daniel Harvischak, 65, of Youngstown.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the 6:35 a.m. three-vehicle crash happened on Tippecanoe Road between state Route 62 and Shields Road when Ward and Harvischak were traveling south.

Ward was in the through-lane driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee with her 2-year-old son. Harvischak was in a 2022 Mazda 3 in the right turn lane while stopped at Canfield Road.

As they both traveled south through the intersection, they were doing so at a “high rate of speed,” according to a news release. The right lane merged into one lane southbound as both cars were still driving next to each other, attempting to pass each other, the patrol stated.

Ward traveled left of center, then “attempted to move to the right and struck (Harvischak’s vehicle).” Then Harvischak’s vehicle and Ward’s vehicle “went left of center striking” an oncoming vehicle, the report states. The crash happened at the crest of a hill, the patrol stated.

The third car involved in the accident was traveling north on Tippecanoe Road approaching the Ward and Harvischak vehicles, according a Highway Patrol crash report. Stephen Corll, 40, of Youngstown, was in that vehicle, a 2016 Lincoln MKX.

“All three (vehicles) then went off of the east side of the road, with (the Ward and Harvischak vehicles) catching on fire,” the report states. The vehicles left the road about 800 feet south of Route 62.

Ward suffered suspected minor injuries. Harvischak suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, and Corll suffered suspected minor injuries, the patrol said. Ward’s 2-year-old son suffered a possible injury.

There was a witness driving behind the southbound vehicles, the crash report states.

Ward and her son, along with Corll were transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital in stable condition.

Others indicted are:

• Maurice T. Fulton, 27, Compass West, Austintown, fentanyl-related compound possession, cocaine possession and drug possession, all with a forfeiture specification;

• Tyler M. Stoddard, 27, Hunter Avenue, passing bad checks and attempted theft;

• Edward C. Desantis, 33, Windsor Avenue, having weapons while not allowed and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle;

• Wayne A. Vaughn, 34, Catherine Street, having weapons while not allowed and improper handling firearms in a motor vehicle;

• Marko D. Bills, 37, Mahoning County jail, felonious assault;

• David L. Shine III, 18, Matawan Avenue, Campbell, carrying a concealed weapon;

• Patrick D. Howard, 32, Mahoning County jail, having weapons while not allowed, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and cocaine possession and aggravated drug possession, both with a firearm specification and forfeiture specification;

• Chelsea M. Roe, 30, Irondale, cocaine possession with a firearms specification and a specification of forfeiture, fentanyl-related compound possession, possessing drug abuse instruments and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia;

• Evan R. Livi, 28, Meek St., Sharon, Pa., illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility and fentanyl-related compound possession;

• Stephanie E. Krueger, 39, Brownlee Avenue, Poland, cocaine possession, heroin possession, fentanyl-related compound possession, possessing drug abuse instruments and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia;

• Jesse M. Mitchell, 21, Dayton, cocaine possession, failure to appear as required by recognizance, having weapons while not allowed, aggravated drug possession with a specification of forfeiture of a gun in a drug case, and cocaine possession with a specification of forfeiture of a gun in a drug case.

• Stephanie A. McCourt, 33, Mahoning County jail, cocaine possession, fentanyl-related compound possession, and possessing drug abuse instruments, all with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case, obstructing official business and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia with a forfeiture specification.