Father of 2 run over and 'dragged' after saving woman from being strangled by ex-boyfriend at gas station, who hopped in his F-150 and mowed the dad down: Police

An Ohio begetter of 2 was tally implicit and fatally dragged successful beforehand of his lad aft redeeming a pistillate from being strangled by her ex-boyfriend astatine a state station, cops and household say.

"He went to intervene and asked the lad to fto her go, and successful turn, the lad jumped successful his motortruck and ran Billy over," says Angela Osborn, sister-in-law of unfortunate Billy Grooms, who aboriginal died astatine the hospital aft being placed connected beingness support, section Fox affiliate WXIX reports.

"We're inactive trying to wrapper our caput astir the information his beingness is gone for redeeming a young miss who was being strangled," Osborn tells WXIX.

Javen Meadows, 22, has been charged with strangulation and assault successful transportation with the May 31 confrontation successful Hillsboro. Meadows allegedly followed his ex-girlfriend to a Holtfield state presumption connected South High Street and past attacked her aft ramming the woman's vehicle, WXIX reports, citing tribunal documents.

Police accidental Meadows went implicit to his ex's conveyance and grabbed her by the throat, strangled the woman, and threw her to the ground. He was allegedly kicking and punching her erstwhile Grooms intervened.

"I judge Billy was a hero," the ex-girlfriend said successful a statement. "I judge his actions saved my life," the pistillate added. "I'll transportation that gratitude with maine forever."

Grooms was with his lad erstwhile helium went implicit to Meadows during the onslaught and got him disconnected the woman, constabulary and household say.

"That's who Billy was," Amy Grooms, Billy Grooms' wife, tells WXIX. "He wasn't a precise societal person, but the radical that knew Billy knew helium was compassionate; helium cared."

Meadows allegedly hopped successful his Ford F-150 pickup motortruck aft Grooms stepped successful to intervene and ran Grooms over. "He conscionable went consecutive towards my hubby and deed him and dragged him," Amy Grooms says.

Grooms suffered aggregate breached bones and a terrible encephalon injury. He was airlifted to a section infirmary and placed connected beingness support; his household removed him past week.

"We were trying for hope," Amy Grooms says. "If we could effort to intervene to halt the swelling, but past wrong days, helium was declining."

Grooms' lifesaving efforts didn't extremity astatine the state station: He donated his organs to astatine slightest 5 radical pursuing his death, WXIX reports.

"If helium would person lived done this, I would person said, 'I emotion you, babe and you did what was close and what your bosom wanted,'" Amy Grooms says. "He would person stepped successful for anybody."