Dayton driver accused of striking pedestrians, seriously injuring 1 in hit-and-run

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Credit: Jim Noelker

Credit: Jim Noelker

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

A Dayton woman is accused of striking two pedestrians with a car, seriously injuring one, in a March hit-and-run crash in Dayton.

Chaulitta L. Waters, 39, was indicted Monday by a Montgomery County grand jury for four counts of vehicular assault and two counts of failure to stop after an accident, all felony charges, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.

A 2013 Chevrolet Malibu was headed south on North Euclid Avenue an an unknown speed around 9:11 p.m. March 4 when the car hit two women about 150 feet from the intersection with West Riverview Avenue, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report. The driver later was identified as Waters, records stated.

Waters then left the scene without identifying herself, the crash report stated.

A 25-year-old Dayton woman was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with suspected serious injuries, according to the report.

The second woman, a 24-year-old from West Carrollton, suffered suspected minor injuries but was not taken by medics to the hospital.

A warrant was issued for Waters, who is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 13.

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