CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (WSYX) – An Ohio woman is now without her young daughter and father after the two were killed in a crash.
Eight-year-old Iyoki Robinson and her 63-year-old grandfather, Wayne Smith, were killed last week in a car crash in Canal Winchester.
“They’re together forever,” Iyoki’s mother and Smith’s daughter could be heard saying at a recent balloon release honoring the two.
The girl and her grandfather were described as an inseparable pair.
“Everywhere he was, she was right there with them,” Ella White, Smith’s sister-in-law, said.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said another driver blew through a stop sign and struck Smith’s car with Iyoki and his wife inside.
“I was at work when I got the call from mom,” Iyoki’s aunt, Brittany Wade, said. “It really …