YOUNGSTOWN — The daughter of a woman killed in a June 24, 2023, motorcycle crash on state Route 616 in Coitsville has sued two motorists connected to the crash, including the victim’s husband.

The wrongful death suit seeks at least $25,000 in damages from the defendants on behalf of the beneficiaries of the victim, Patricia A. Hagerty, 56, of Youngstown.

She was a passenger on a Can-Am Spyder, a three-wheeled motorcycle being driven by her husband, Harold Hagerty III, 55, of Youngstown, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which investigated the accident.

The Hagertys were traveling north on state Route 616 with motorcyclist Paul Halfelder, then 56, of Austintown, riding a Kawasaki Vulcan in front of them.

The Highway Patrol report states that Gloria J. Dothard, then 65, of Coitsville Road in Coitsville Township, was traveling south on Route 616 and turned left in front of the motorcyclists while turning into a driveway between Cooper Road and Walker Drive.

It led to the three people on the two motorcycles crashing and suffering injuries, including Patricia Hagerty, who died Oct. 30, 2023, as a result of her injuries, according to the lawsuit.

Dothard’s vehicle did not come into contact with the motorcycles, and Dothard was not injured, according to the patrol. Halfelder took evasive action to avoid Dothard’s vehicle but did not come into contact with it, the patrol stated. Patricia Hagerty was flown to the hospital with critical injuries. She died at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office said.

The motorcyclists were taking part in the ninth annual Teddy Foltz Poker Run fundraiser to support the Teddy Foltz Memorial Fund.

Dothard was charged with failure to yield on a left turn and was convicted in August 2023 of a minor misdemeanor tail light violation, according to Campbell Municipal Court records.

Acting Judge Miriam Ocasio later filed an entry in the case saying she was “never informed of the extent of the accident or that there was a victim involved.” She tried to get the parties in the case to return to the court to discuss the matter further because she would not have approved the plea agreement if she had known someone was seriously injured, she stated in the docket entry.

Ocasio’s attempts to revisit the case did not result in any change in its outcome, according to court records.

The suit, filed by Carla R. Paris of Youngstown, who is the administrator of Patricia Hagerty’s estate, names Dothard as a defendant and alleges that Dothard “negligently failed to yield the right of way to Halfelder by making a left-hand turn into the path of Halfelder’s motorcycle, taking away Halfender’s assured clear distance and causing him to crash his motorcycle.”

The suit alleges that “at the same time, Harold Hagerty III negligently failed to maintain an assured clear distance from Halfelder’s motorcycle and crashed into Halfelder’s motorcycle, causing (Patricia Hagerty) to be ejected from (the vehicle) and onto the roadway.”

The suit alleges that “as a direct and proximate result of the individual and / or combined negligent conduct of the defendants Dothard and (Harold Hagerty III), Patricia Hagerty sustained damages” from the date of the crash until her death.

The suit alleges that Patricia Hagerty suffered permanent injuries to her mind and body, suffered pain and mental distress, lost enjoyment of her life, received medical and incurred expenses as a result and lost wages.

The suit also alleges that Paris “lost the services and consortium” of Patricia Hagerty from the date of the crash until Hagerty died.