Man accused of 2 drunken crashes in 2 minutes refused tests

Local News Man accused of 2 drunken crashes in 2 minutes refused tests By ED RUNYAN November 13, 2026 3 min read Corey Huff Trending WARREN -- A Niles police report provides additional details on the two crashes that Corey L. Huff, 45, of Belvedere Avenue SE and Elm Road NE in Warren is accused of having within about two minutes of each other on U.S. Route 422 on Sept. 7. No news reporting on the two crashes appears to have taken place at the time of the crashes, but when Huff was indicted on Tuesday, the Tribune Chronicle found two crash reports. Later, the Niles Police Department released two other reports that describe Huff's behavior when officers approached his car in the Arby's parking lot on U.S. Route 422 near Niles Vienna Road. A "witness" mentioned in the reports was reported to have followed Huff's car to the Arby's restaurant. When a Niles police officer went to the restaurant shortly after the two crashes that evening, he saw Huff in a gray Infinity Q50 with heavy front-passenger-side damage. Huff was in the driver's seat and appeared to be "nodding off as I approached." The officer asked what was going on, and Huff said he was "letting his car cool down," the report states. The officer had Huff get out of the car, and he asked Huff how his car got damaged. Huff "had no answer." The officer informed Huff that he had "caused two crashes on 422. He said maybe they crashed into him." The officer put Huff in the back of his cruiser and spoke with the witness. Then the officer asked Huff if he would submit to field sobriety tests, and Huff said no. When the officer asked Huff to get out of the vehicle so the officer could arrest him for drunken driving, Huff replied, "Get me out." The officer assisted Huff out of the vehicle and placed him under arrest. Huff was taken to the Niles Police Department, but he had to be assisted out of the vehicle again. After the paperwork was complete, he was taken to the Trumbull County jail after Huff "refused to cooperate," the report states. According to the two Niles crash reports, the first crash happened at 5:40 p.m. on Route 422 near Shaker Boulevard near the Eastwood Mall when Huff is alleged to have side-swiped a man on a motorcycle while trying to pass the motorcycle on the left, causing the motorcyclist, 40, of Girard, to be ejected and sustain potentially serious injuries. Huff continued on Route 422 toward McKinley Heights and Girard. At 5:42 p.m., Huff hit a man walking a bicycle on Route 422 near Extra Space Storage near Niles Vienna Road, also causing suspected serious injuries. The bicyclist, 55, of Hubbard, was walking the bicycle in the turn lane on Route 422 and was was trying to avoid a car that was "speeding up U.S. Route 422," the report states. Huff again continued to drive after that crash, the report states. Huff was indicted on two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, two counts failure to stop after an accident and one misdemeanor count of drunken driving. If Huff is convicted of the two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, he could get about 16 years in prison. He is set for arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Judge Ronald Rice is presiding over the case.