Dayton police and medics responded shortly before 7 a.m. June 10 to an injury crash after police said Cooley was traveling at high speed in a red 2012 Hyundai Sonata and ran a stop sign on Dayton Liberty Road before striking the driver’s side door of a silver 2004 Saturn Vue headed east on Liscum Drive, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.
“The witnesses said the at-fault driver was driving approximately 90 mph, went around a vehicle who was legally stopped at the intersection at the stop sign,” Dayton police Sgt. Creigee Coleman said at the crash scene in June. “And another vehicle who was lawfully proceeding through the intersection got hit by that vehicle who was traveling 90 mph.”
The Saturn was pushed further east and came to rest on its top after impact, the report stated.
Cooley and the 36-year-old Dayton woman driving the Saturn suffered serious injuries and were taken to Miami Valley Hospital.
Two children riding in the Saturn, boys ages 7 and 4, were ejected following the crash and were taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital to be checked for possible injuries, according to the report.
The two drivers initially were listed in critical condition but once they received treatment at the hospital their conditions improved and their injuries listed as not life-threatening, Coleman said previously.
At the time of the crash, police said speed and alcohol appeared to be factors.
Cooley’s blood-alcohol content tested at .189, more than two times Ohio’s 0.08 legal driving limit, and her blood also tested positive for cannabinoids, according to the Dayton crash report.
At the time of the crash, Cooley’s drivers license was suspended. She was convicted of misdemeanor OVI cases in May 2018 and October 2021 in Vandalia Municipal Court, and in December 2020 in Dayton Municipal Court, according to her indictment.
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