East Liverpool driver charged with traffic death of 76-year-old - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio

An East Liverpool man has been charged with vehicular homicide 22 months after police say his SUV struck and killed a 76-year-old man as he was trying to cross the street.

Sixty-nine-year-old Paul Vojnovich pleaded “not guilty” to the charge filed this month in connection with the April 7, 2023, accident.

Police say a Jeep Compass struck James Schmitt near his St. Clair Avenue home shortly before 7 p.m.

The police report says Vojnovich told officers he didn’t see Schmitt.

Another hearing in the case is scheduled for May 5.