The case of a Hermitage woman charged with vehicular homicide in the death of another Hermitage woman was bound over Thursday to a grand jury in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Catherine Settlemire, 41, of 630 Chesapeake Court, was charged Jan. 28 with aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated vehicular assault by Ohio Highway Patrol after a Jan. 26 crash on Standard Avenue in Masury.

Police said Ms. Settlemire's car crossed the center line and crashed into another car. A passenger in that car who was injured in the crash, Yvonne Edwards, 71, of 5070 Cassidy Road, died the next day in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.

Police said Ms. Settlemire had a blood alcohol level of 0.144 percent the night of the collision. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.10 percent.

The highway patrol said the charges were classified as aggravated because alcohol contributed to the crash.

Ms. Settlemire waived her right to a preliminary hearing on the charges Trumbull County Eastern District Court before Warren lawyer Randall Rudloff who acted as a visiting judge.

Eastern District Court Judge Ronald J. Rice recused himself from the case because of a possible conflict of interest. Settlemire's attorney, Robert Kokor of Brookfield, works part time for the judge and Rice said he knows Ms. Settlemire casually.

Mrs. Edwards was a passenger in a car driven by Margaret "Peggy" Snyder, 72, of Stevenson Road in Masury. The two had been at St. Bernadette's church on Locust Street in Brookfield, according to Mrs. Snyder, and were headed to Hermitage to shop as they did every week.

"The last thing I remember is just bang," said Mrs. Snyder, who knew Mrs. Edwards for more than 50 years. "I didn't pass out. I felt like my foot was caught and my girlfriend was having problems. It was just one nightmare."

Mrs. Snyder said the impact of the crash broke her ankle and she spent two weeks in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. "There's plates and screws and everything else in there," she said of her surgically repaired ankle.

Mrs. Edwards lived with her daughter Glennon McBride and her son-in-law Brian, who is a Hermitage policeman.

Mrs. Edwards' children said they are worried that Ms. Settlemire will get off lightly because the accident was her first offense.

"Yvonne Edwards does not care that it was her first offense. Yvonne Edwards' family do not care if it was her first offense or her fifth offense because we'll never be able to share time with her again," said her son Adam Edwards.

"We have seen ads on television and radio about not drinking and driving, and it still amazes us in this day and age that there can still be the possibility of lesser punishment because of a first offense," he said. "If she receives anything less than the maximum sentence for the crime she has committed, it will be a disappointment and travesty to me -- to all of us."

The maximum sentence for the charges is 13 years in prison.

Kokor said Ms. Settlemire had no comment. He said the collision was "a tragic accident."

No court date has been set in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.