8/29/2021- 9:51 p.m.
An Ohio couple is facing serious charges in Fayette County. Sheriff Mike Fridley provides the following information regarding this incident.
This afternoon Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on US Route 19 in Hico.
The accident involved an Ohio couple enroute to Florida with three young children.
Two of the children were flown to CAMC with very serious injuries. The 2 adults and the third child were taken to Plateau Medical Center for treatment. Investigation further shows that the children were not in proper restraints, and one of them appears to have been ejected from the vehicle.
There is also indication that the adults had taken suboxone not prescribed to them earlier.
Robert and Rachel Day of Orwell Ohio are currently charged with Child Neglect and Child Endangerment. They will now await court proceedings. Child Protective Services are involved and securing the children.
If you have any information regarding
this incident, contact the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department at 304-574-3590, or through our Facebook page “Fayette County Sheriff’s Department,”.
Fayette County Sheriff’s Department disclaimer: All defendants are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
A criminal complaint is nothing more than a document that merely alleges a criminal charge.
