Resident seriously injured as car careens into driveway

    The driver of a car that repeatedly smashed into several vehicles and seriously injured a man who became trapped under his own parked car has been charged with multiple felonies in the incident.
    Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged April Marie Graves, 43, of Westland with multiple felonies in connection to the incident that took place at about 7:17 p.m. last Saturday, Aug. 10.

    Westland police officers were dispatched to the area of Wildwood and Florence in response to reports of a serious car crash. When officers arrived at the scene Graves was sitting in her car after having collided with several other vehicles, causing major damage and severely injuring 32-year-old Luke Vinsko who became pinned underneath vehicles parked in his driveway. Members of the Westland Fire Department arrived on the scene and removed the victim from under the vehicle before transporting him to a local hospital for treatment. Police reports said alcohol and drugs appear to have been a factor in the incident.
    Vinsko and his wife, Hailey, were reportedly unloading items from their vehicles when Graves rammed her car into their driveway at a high rate of speed, trapping Vinsko between the two parked cars. Hailey Vinsko was also injured in the incident. Witnesses told police Graves appeared to be deliberately driving into other vehicles along the street.
    Graves has been charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder, two counts to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, one count of operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily impairment, one count of reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, two counts of felonious assault, two counts of malicious destruction of property over $1,000, two counts of malicious destruction of personal property over $1,000, and one count of open alcohol in a motor vehicle.
    “I cannot think of a more stunning example of alleged criminal behavior of a driver behind the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The result is severe injuries to two Wayne County citizens that will be with them for their lifetimes,” said Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
    Graves was arraigned on all the charges Tuesday before Judge Sandra Cicirelli at 18th District Court in Westland. She was given an $850,000 bond and remanded to police custody. She collapsed and fell to the floor during the proceedings and had to be helped from the courtroom. An online GoFundMe page established by Matthew V. Tacia, a friend of the Vinsko family, said that the couple had just returned from their first “date night” following the birth of their 2-month-old twin sons when the incident occurred.
    Vinsko remained in the intensive care unit at the hospital following an emergency amputation of part of one leg. Both his legs were severely damaged in the crash, according to the social media page established to help the couple with medical and ongoing expenses.
        Hailey Vinsko told reporters that she and her husband did not know Graves and had no connection to the woman.