WARREN - A Warren man pled guilty on Wednesday to a hit-skip crash that claimed the life of a retired Newton Falls teacher.

According to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, 63-year-old Wayne Keeley pled guilty to third-degree felony charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after an accident, as well as a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter.

The charges stem from a deadly crash in October of 2025 when Keeley veered off the road and drove through the backyard of a home on Indiana Avenue in Niles. Keeley struck vehicles parked in the driveway, as well as 67-year-old Brenda Hibbard, a retired Newton Falls teacher.

Hibbard died of her injuries in the hospital.

Keeley was found a day later in a parking lot in Niles. He admitted to police that he fell asl

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