Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Summit County for a Parma man accused in a deadly hit-skip that killed an 84-year-old Boston Heights woman and rattled a Northfield Center Township neighborhood.
Prosecutors allege that Joseph Zolnowski struck Elizabeth Rock on the 9200 block of Olde Eight Road, then drove off without stopping. Rock had just left a Christmas concert with her granddaughter when she was hit, according to investigators, and was taken to MetroHealth, where she was later pronounced dead.
Cleveland 19 reports that Zolnowski was indicted on a charge of failure to stop after an accident and now faces a jury in Summit County Court of Common Pleas. Deputies say the crash happened around 8 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2024, and that bystanders rendered first aid until paramedics arrived. Zolnowski turned himself in to deputies the following day, according to the station’s reporting…