A Hinckley Township man faces nine charges after he allegedly caused three traffic accidents, including striking a Northwest Local School District bus with no students aboard on Wednesday in Canal Fulton.
Arrested was William L. Rini.
He was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, fleeing and eluding, two counts of hit-skip accident, resisting arrest, reckless operation, passing on a double yellow line, failure to control a motor vehicle and speeding.
Police said Rini was responsible for two hit-skip accidents with other vehicles about 3 p.m. on South Locust Street and fled.
He rear-ended the first car, causing injuries to the other driver, police said. That happened in the 2400 block.
He also drove across two lanes of traffic and side-swiped on oncoming car, police said. No injuries were reported in the second accident in the 2200 block.
Police attempted to pull Rini over, but he fled at speeds of up to 70 mph, police said.
He failed to negotiate a curve, struck on oncoming tractor-trailer in the 200 block of South Locust Street and then hit the school bus, police said. No children were on the bus and no injuries were reported to the driver, police said.
That accident disabled the school bus and Rini’s vehicle, a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, police said.
Police said Rini claimed at the time of his arrest to have killed several people. Police determined that to be untrue.
Rini was taken to a local hospital for his injuries and was later booked into the Stark County Jail.