Dayton man sentenced to prison for 2022 crash that seriously injured woman, teen

A Dayton man will spend a year in prison for driving with a suspended license in February 2022 when he caused a crash that seriously injured a woman and 13-year-old girl.

Dominique Darnell Cobbins, 28, was sentenced Friday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Gerald Parker after he pleaded guilty July 27 to two counts of vehicular assault. He was sentenced to one year for each count, to be served at the same time.

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

The court also suspended Cobbins’ driver’s license for one year from the date of the crash.

Cobbins was driving a 2007 Chrysler 300 around 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, 2022, south on Burwood Avenue when he tried to turn right onto Germantown Street but instead went across the centerline and crashed into a 2008 Kia Sedona driven by a 45-year-old Dayton woman, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.

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The woman driving the Kia and her passenger, a 13-year-old girl, were taken to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.

Cobbins suffered minor injuries and also was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, the report s

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