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Drunken driver pleads guilty in Pa. crash that killed 2 troopers, pedestrian from Allentown
R.Anderson3 months ago
A woman pleaded guilty in a deadly DUI crash on I-95 in South Philadelphia in 2022 that claimed the lives of two Pennsylvania troopers and a pedestrian. Now, she will spend at least 27 years in prison, according to news reports. Last year, 23-year-old Jayana Webb struck and killed state troopers Martin F. Mack, III, 33, and Branden T Sisca, 29, as well as 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras, of Allentown , on Interstate 95 near the Broad Street exit. Webb entered her plea on Wednesday to multiple charges, including third-degree murder and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. She was sentenced to 27 1⁄2 years to 60 years. “Today’s conviction of Jayana Webb is a just resolution of one of the most shocking incidents of vehicular violence in recent memory,” District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a statement to NBC10 . But Webb’s prison time has been delayed because she is seven months pregnant, KYW Newsradio reported. This combination of photos provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows Trooper Martin F. Mack III, left, and Trooper Branden T. Sisca. Authorities say an early Monday, March 21, 2022 crash on a highway in Philadelphia killed the two state troopers and a civilian.Pennsylvania State Police via AP The incident occurred around 12:40 a.m. on March 21, 2022, in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Lincoln Financial Field. Mack and Sisca had just pulled over Webb when they received a call about a man, Oliveras, who was walking on the highway and left Webb as they responded to him. As they attended to Oliveras, Webb, who had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit of .08, fatally struck all three men and the patrol car at a high rate of speed. The impact was so great that it threw the two troopers and Oliveras into the northbound lanes of I-95. She remained at the scene with her badly damaged vehicle. In a tweet posted before the crash, Webb seemingly documented the traffic stop tweeting, “why the cop pull me & say I’m doing 110 ina 50.” In another tweet from mid-January, Webb bragged about her ability to drink to drive. “If you ask me, I’m the best drunk driver ever,” the post read, Fox29 reported.
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