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Court Junkie

Ep 259: The “Hell on Wheels” Trial

Court Junkie

PodcastOne

True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

After a tragic car crash kills two friends, the driver of the vehicle faces a murder charge.  Please subscribe to our new podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://www.podcastone.com/pd/CIVIL Sponsors in this episode: Pluto TV - Download the free Pluto TV app for Android, iPhone, Roku, and Fire TV and start streaming now. Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. provides post-production for the show. This episode was researched and written by Gabrielle Russon. Please support Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

Transcript

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0:00.0

Around 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning a terrible scene was unfolding outside Cleveland, Ohio.

0:08.0

A car traveling at a high rate of speed went off the road and crashed into a brick warehouse. It was July 31st, 2022.

0:17.0

Top off the sketch.

0:20.0

Yes, are you familiar where progress coincides with Albion Road there in Strongzone?

0:28.0

Yeah.

0:29.0

Yeah, just across the street from Progress, the building, there's a car that smashed up against the building. I didn't go up to it because I was on my motorcycle.

0:40.0

I didn't know like it stuck, but they ran the I can see the they smashed the sign and hit the building the cars crashed.

0:47.0

There were people inside.

0:49.0

When police arrived the driver 17 year old Mackenzie Charilla, was alive, but trapped in the wreckage of what was left of her 2018 Black Toyota Camry.

1:00.0

Mackenzie's two passengers, her boyfriend Dominic Russo and Dominic's friend

1:06.8

Davion Flanagan were already dead.

1:10.3

Dominic was 20 years old, Devion 19.

1:16.7

Officers began investigating what had happened.

1:19.6

By all accounts, Mackenzie hadn't been drinking at the time, although there were some levels of marijuana found in her system when authorities analyzed her blood.

1:29.0

Her Toyota had been the lone vehicle involved.

1:32.5

Her car also seemed to be in good working order

1:34.9

before the crash, so there was no indication

1:37.2

of mechanical failure.

1:39.3

There was nothing wrong with the brakes.

1:42.0

The crash occurred near Progress Drive, a relatively straight stretch of

1:46.1

pavement in Ohio's Strongsville Business Park. There were no winding roads here.

1:52.2

Mackenzie was also familiar with this area.

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