The world lost a true light; Man who pleaded guilty to deadly hit-&-run in Moraine learns sentence WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

MORAINE — The driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash on Interstate 75 in Moraine has taken a plea deal and is now serving his sentence.

Nicholas Debello pleaded guilty last week to one count of vehicular homicide from a bill of information, as well as one count each of tampering with evidence and failure to stop after an accident for his indictment.

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Debello was the driver of a truck that hit and killed 20-year-old Emily Ryan in the construction zone of I-75 in Moraine almost exactly a year ago, on April 21, 2023.

“The world lost a true light, they really did when Emily left this world,” Jeffrey Ryan, Emily’s father, said. “There’s a hold that will never be filled.”

At Debello’s sentencing, a judge told him he’d spend one year behind bars. He …