PRESS RELEASE

 

03/01/04

 

    The Elyria Police Department is investigating a traffic crash which occurred at the intersection of Abbe Rd and Antioch Dr in the City of Elyria at approximately 0030 hrs on February 27, 2004. 

 

    An officer, on patrol in the area, found 27 year old David P. Webb, from North Olmstead, who appeared to have been struck by a motor vehicle, lying unconscious in the roadway.  The motor vehicle had left the area.  Mr Webb was flown from the scene by Metro Life Flight and taken to Cleveland Metro Hospital where he later died.

 

    On March 1, 2004, Mr William R. Mannillo, 26 years old, of 1320 W. 18th St, Lorain Oh, came to the Elyria Police Station with his attorney Mr Jack Bradley.  Mr Mannillo was identified as the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash being investigated.  The evidence gathered during the investigation along with statements by Mr Mannillo indicate the crash was the result of a deliberate act by Mr Webb.

 

    Mr Mannillo was released on a summons to the Elyria Municipal Court on March 10, 2004, for one charge of Leaving the Scene of an Accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  A misdemeanor of the first degree is punishable by up to one thousand dollars and up to six months in jail.

 

 

                                                Lt Andrew Eichenlaub 

                                                Elyria Police Department