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Man indicted for hit-and-run fatal motorcycle crash, leaving passenger to die in west Toledo

Oswaldo Moreno is accused of fleeing the scene of a crash involving his motorcycle, leaving his critically-injured passenger Rachel Ciralsky behind in the road.
Credit: Lucas County Jail
Oswaldo Moreno was indicted on a charge of vehicular homicide April 29, 2021 after the June 2020 death of Rachel Ciralsky, his motorcycle passenger.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Oswaldo Moreno has been arrested, charged with aggravated vehicular homicide for a crash he fled from, leaving behind his female passenger critically-injured in the street.

On June 17, 2020, a motorcycle and a car collided in west Toledo, throwing 34-year-old Rachel Ciralsky from the motorcycle. Both drivers fled, leaving Ciralsky in the road with fatal injuries. She died hours later.

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After Ciralsky died, more than one hundred people gathered at the site of the crash for a vigil. Her boss Andrea Gentry, owner of Andrea's Sports Pub where Ciralsky worked as a bartender, said she was a single mom, worked two jobs and loved her daughter.

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Moreno is accused of driving the motorcycle that Ciralsky was thrown from during the crash. He has been indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after an accident.

He was arraigned Thursday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. His bond was set at $120,000.

Moreno's trial date is set for June 15.

   

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