The crash victim was identified as 57-year-old Leonard LaPoma of Dayton, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash reported around 3:20 p.m. Feb. 18 at the intersection of Harshman Road and state Route 4 in Riverside.
Dill was driving a 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz southeast on Harshman Road when she did not stop at the red light and struck the driver’s side door of a 2019 Nissan Altima driven by LaPoma that was turning onto Harshman Road from the northbound exit ramp of state Route 4, according to a crash report.
Dill’s driver’s license was suspended at the time of the crash, court records state.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
She was taken to Miami Valley Hospital for a minor injury. Two children in her car, a 14-year-old girl riding in the front passenger seat and an 11-year-old girl in the back seat, both were taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital for possible injuries, the report stated.
LaPoma was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant and longtime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Riverside. He was survived by his husband, daughter and son, according to his obituary.
Dill, who is held on $100,000 bail in the Montgomery County Jail, will have her driver’s license suspended for between one and five years when she is sentenced.
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