“Today’s highway dedication is in remembrance of Kimra, a devoted motor carrier enforcement inspector of the Ohio State Highway Patrol,” said Col. Charles A. Jones, Patrol superintendent. “Her attention to detail in dealing with commercial vehicles transporting hazardous materials, and ensuring the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles within Ohio, is what service with a purpose looks like.”
Kimra Skelton, 49, of Arcanum was killed when her state vehicle was struck by a pickup truck the morning of Nov. 27, 2019, while she was parked in a crossover on Interstate 75 in Troy.
Skelton had been a member of the patrol since October 2005, a job her father also once held. She was survived by her husband and two children.
Credit: Ohio State Highway Patrol
Credit: Ohio State Highway Patrol
Investigators said Christopher G. Coorough, 45, of Kettering was driving a Ford F-250 north on I-75 at 6:45 a.m. Nov. 27, 2019, when the pickup truck went off the left side of the highway and hit Skelton’s parked vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Coorough was treated for minor injuries at Kettering Health’s Troy Hospital.
Coorough pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in Miami County Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, suspended 30 days, and was ordered to complete two years of probation. His driver’s license also was suspended for two years.
Credit: DaytonDailyNews
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