A Weathersfield Township man is expected to be sentenced in a Trumbull County courtroom today for a 2025 hit-and-run crash that killed a retired teacher.

Wayne Keeley, 63, is scheduled to appear before Judge Sean O'Brien this morning. Keeley previously pleaded guilty to third-degree felony charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after an accident. He also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter.

The charges follow an October incident in Niles, during which investigators say Keeley drove his pickup truck off the road near Indiana Avenue and through a residential backyard. The vehicle struck 67-year-old Brenda Hibbard while she was on the property. Hibbard, who had retired from teaching in Newton Falls in 2023, later died from her injuries at a hospital.

Police arrested Keeley after finding his pickup truck in a local shopping plaza two days after the crash. According to investigators, Keeley told officers he had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving home from work and left the scene because he panicked.

Keeley has remained in Trumbull County Jail since his arrest.