Woman held on $3 million bond after fatal wrong-way crash: 'Take me to Nationwide'

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) - A woman is being held on a $3 million bond after a fatal wrong-way crash. According to WSYX, Xiaoke Fan was accused of driving the wrong way in a stolen vehicle and causing a deadly crash that killed a Columbus assistant city prosecutor remains jailed on a $3 million bond following a court appearance Monday. Fan was indicted on multiple charges connected to a May 4 crash on Route 315, according to prosecutors. Authorities allege Fan drove the wrong way for approximately four miles before colliding with another vehicle, killing passenger Kaitlyn Spahr and seriously injuring the driver. Spahr and the driver were returning home from a softball game when the crash occurred, prosecutors said. During Monday's hearing in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Kaitlyn Spahr's twin sister, Rachel Spahr, urged the judge to deny bond. "My twin sister, my best friend, is dead because of Miss Fan's actions," Rachel Spahr told WSYX. She also questioned whether Fan should be released while awaiting trial. "What's stopping her from doing this again, if she is released," Spahr said, according to WSYX. "The lives of Columbus drivers and their loved ones would be at risk. No one would have to hear the news that their loved one was in a serious accident and didn't make it." Spahr said her family's life has been permanently altered by the loss. "Now I am forced to live my life without my twin, the person who means the world to me," Spahr said, per the report. "Kaitlyn never gets to go home again. She never gets to spend the holidays with her family, or play softball again." Prosecutors alleged Fan stole the vehicle shortly before the crash after approaching a woman and asking for a ride to find police. "Miss Fan stated take me to Nationwide or I'll kill you," a prosecutor told WSYX, adding that Fan "then took a softball-sized rock from her pants, raised it above her head, and said she wanted to go to Nationwide." According to prosecutors, the driver fled the vehicle and Fan drove away. The fatal crash occurred a short time later. Fan appeared virtually for her arraignment. Her attorney said she remains in a wheelchair and is recovering from injuries suffered in the crash. Defense attorneys said Fan is a Chinese national who was in the United States on a student visa and recently graduated from a college in the Dayton area. The defense previously filed a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. However, attorneys said a procedural issue required Fan to enter a standard not guilty plea during Monday's hearing. Defense counsel said the insanity plea will be refiled once a judge is formally assigned to the case. Fan remains held on a $3 million bond. If she posts bond, a judge ordered that she be placed on GPS monitoring while awaiting trial.