AKRON: An Akron woman was charged with felonious assault after she hit her boyfriend with a car and he died early Friday.
Angelique Santa, 34, said she was involved in a verbal argument with her boyfriend, Thomas Holcomb, 41, of Cuyahoga Falls around 1 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of Oakland Avenue when she backed out of the driveway and struck Holcomb.
Akron police responded to a man down in the driveway, and when they arrived, Holcomb was transported to Akron City Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died around 9:45 a.m. Friday morning.
Santa was booked into the Summit County Jail. Police expect she’ll receive additional charges.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.