Mackenzie Shirilla — dubbed “Hell on Wheels” after a crash that killed two people — is now holding down a job inside the Ohio prison where she’s serving a life sentence, according to the New York Post.
Shirilla was convicted of murder following a 2022 crash in Strongsville in which she deliberately accelerated her car into a wall at roughly 100 mph, killing her boyfriend, Davion Flanagan, 19, and his friend Emilio Ramirez, 21. A Cuyahoga County judge sentenced her to life in prison in 2023. She was 19 at the time of sentencing.
The prison job
The New York Post reported Friday, June 13, 2026, that Shirilla has taken on a new work assignment inside the facility. The outlet didn’t identify the prison by name, disclose the nature of the job, or say how much — if anything — she earns. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction policy generally requires inmates to work; assignments can range from kitchen and laundry duty to clerical tasks.
Shirilla’s case drew national attention largely because of dashcam footage that captured the crash. Prosecutors argued the act was deliberate. Her defense maintained it was an accident — a claim the jury rejected. She appealed her conviction; the outcome of that appeal hasn’t been disclosed in the New York Post’s reporting.
The prison and the specific job title remain unnamed in the report.
Reported by the New York Post, published June 13, 2026. Read the original report.
