The Death Of Ibrahim Diakite, The Ohio DoorDash Driver Dragged Under An SUV After A Kroger Parking Lot Crash

On the morning of Wednesday, October 22, 2025, two vehicles bumped into each other in the parking lot of the Kroger at 55 West Schrock Road in Westerville, Ohio. Police later called it a minor traffic accident.

One driver was Ibrahim Diakite, who was out making deliveries for DoorDash. The other was Danielle Henry, a 34-year-old woman from Columbus. Henry left the parking lot without stopping, and Diakite went after her.

He caught up with her at a stoplight on the same road. A short time later he was dead.

A Brother, A Nephew And A Delivery Driver

Most of what is publicly known about Ibrahim Diakite comes from two relatives who spoke to WSYX ABC 6 in Columbus a few days after he died.

They said he had moved to Columbus from West Africa a few years earlier. His aunt, Fatoumata, told the station he came to "fulfill his dreams, get married and have children." She called him a "very hard-working young man, full of life."

His younger brother, Mohamed, said the two of them had grown up together.

"It wasn't only my brother, he was my best friend."Mohamed Diakite, to WSYX ABC 6

Mohamed also said his brother liked delivering for DoorDash. The family told ABC 6 that he was on a delivery run when the crash happened.

News outlets do not agree on how old he was. ABC 6, which interviewed the family, gave his age as 31. WBNS 10TV, in its report on the sentencing, said he was 38.

What Police Said Happened On Schrock Road

The account of the next few minutes comes from a criminal complaint filed in Franklin County Municipal Court, as reported by NBC4, ABC 6 and 10TV.

After the crash, Henry drove west on Schrock Road. Diakite followed in his own vehicle. At the intersection of Schrock and Cooper roads, he managed to pull in front of her at the light.

He got out and stood in front of her vehicle, which ABC 6 described as an SUV. When that did not keep her there, he climbed onto the hood.

According to the complaint, Henry jerked the vehicle several times to try to shake him off. It did not work. She then accelerated to about 45 mph with Diakite still on the hood.

He was pulled underneath, dragged for somewhere between 300 and 600 feet, and run over. Henry kept driving.

Diakite was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Arrest Of Danielle Henry

Police obtained a warrant for Henry, and she was arrested on Saturday, October 25, three days after the crash. She was booked into the James Karnes Corrections Center in Franklin County, ABC 6 reported.

She was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, hit-skip on private property and failure to stop after an accident. A municipal court judge set her bond at $750,000.

Westerville Police Chief Holly Murchland told 10TV that Henry had shoplifted and was driving a stolen car when she collided with Diakite. Court documents cited by the station showed several active warrants for her at the time, on charges of theft, receiving stolen property and failure to comply with police.

"She was obviously willing to do whatever she could to keep from being caught by the police and showed herself to be a danger to the community."Westerville Police Chief Holly Murchland, to WBNS 10TV

NBC4 reported that, according to court records, Henry did not have a driver's license. The station counted dozens of earlier traffic and criminal charges against her in municipal court going back to 2011.

DoorDash said in a statement to ABC 6 that it was "horrified by this senseless tragedy" and would support the police investigation.

Diakite's family said they planned to be in the courtroom for Henry's next hearing. "We want to make sure she doesn't kill somebody else," his aunt said.

A Guilty Plea And A Prison Sentence

The case moved from municipal court to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in downtown Columbus. There was no trial.

On August 11, 2026, Henry pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, according to 10TV. She was 35 by then.

Judge Jeffrey Brown sentenced her on Thursday, August 27. 10TV reported the sentence as up to five and a half years in prison, with at least four years to be served. Fox News, citing 10TV, added that her driver's license was permanently suspended.

Not every report matches. Hoodline, summarizing a Columbus Dispatch article, gave the sentence as three to four and a half years and said the plea was to involuntary manslaughter. The court's own sentencing entry was not available for this article, so the difference is noted here and left unresolved.

Ohio uses indefinite sentences for its most serious felonies, which is why the term is reported as a range. The lower figure is the minimum Henry has to serve, and the state prison system can keep her up to the higher one.

Sources

• "Columbus woman charged after reported deadly Kroger parking lot confrontation," WSYX ABC 6, October 25, 2025.

• "Woman charged in DoorDash driver's death after alleged hit-and-run crash in Westerville," WSYX ABC 6, October 28, 2025.

• Adam Conn, "Woman accused of fatally dragging, running over man with vehicle in Westerville," NBC4 WCMH via Yahoo News, October 29, 2025.

• 10TV Web Staff, "Columbus woman sentenced for fatal Westerville road rage incident," WBNS 10TV via Yahoo News, August 31, 2026.

• Louis Casiano, "Ohio woman learns fate in fatal dragging of driver who climbed onto her hood in road rage death," Fox News, September 1, 2026.

• "Westerville Driver Gets 3 to 4.5 Years for Dragging DoorDash Driver to His Death," Hoodline, August 28, 2026 (a summary of Columbus Dispatch reporting; the Dispatch article itself was not retrieved).