ASHTABULA, Ohio -- A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in a crash before Christmas that killed a spectator at an Ohio church's live outdoor Nativity scene.
Police in Ashtabula say 29-year-old Jennifer Loeffel turned her vehicle into the path of a pickup truck, and the impact knocked a wheel off the truck and sent it veering into the crowd at the church. Police Sgt. Ronald Kaydo calls it a "freak accident."
The crash Dec. 23 killed 57-year-old Richard Seckman of Ashtabula, a Lake Erie community 53 miles northeast of Cleveland.
Kaydo says at least six others were injured. One man remains hospitalized in Cleveland.
Loeffel was arraigned Tuesday and pleaded not guilty. She was released on bond.
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