Driver in fatal crash indicted

ELYRIA — The driver of a car that crashed into an Amherst Township home and killed a mother sitting on a couch inside has been indicted.

Adrianna Young

Adrianna Young, 24, of Oberlin, is charged with felony counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault and a misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana in an indictment handed down last week.

Young was booked Friday into Lorain County Jail and released on a personal bond.

Young was driving south on state Route 58 in her 2002 Toyota Camry when the car went off the road around 7:45 a.m. July 28. The Camry went through a field before ramping off a basement doorway and crashing into the living room of 8788 Leavitt Road where Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said 34-year-old Debra Majkut was sitting on a couch with her infant son, Jaxon.

Troopers said the boy was trapped under the car, and Majkut’s older son, Jacob, who was one of two other children in the house, was able to reach under the car and, with the help of neighbors, pull Jaxon to safety.

A lawsuit filed against Young by the family last month said Jaxon was badly burned in the crash and that some of the injuries are permanent.

Young, who troopers have said had marijuana in her system, has said she was on her way to work when she swerved to avoid an animal. Troopers said Young told them that when she hit the embankment, her air bags deployed, and she couldn’t see what was in front of her.

James Majkut, who has publicly called for charges against Young in his wife’s death, said he was glad to learn that the case was moving forward, although he worried the criminal case could take a long time to resolve.

“The only thing that makes us still uncomfortable is she’s still walking around,” instead of being in custody, he said.

Young is scheduled to be arraigned later this week.

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