Personal Injury Law

Driver Arrested For Manslaughter In Fatal Crash

By Chrissie Cole

The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal car accident on February, 8 in Scottsdale, has been charged with manslaughter.

The woman, 25, of Phoenix, was arrested last week after being treated and released from the hospital following the accident, according to police.

She was charged with one count of manslaughter and three counts of endangerment.

The investigation is still ongoing but police believe alcohol was likely involved in the accident which occurred at 6:00 a.m. when she rear-ended a Ford van at the intersection of Cactus and Scottsdale with her Saturn.

The backseat passenger of her vehicle, a woman, 24, was taken to John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital where she later died.

Another passenger also inside the Saturn, 35, of Mesa, was booked on one count of trespassing after fleeing the scene of the accident and being taken into custody in a nearby yard, police said.

Full post as published by Scottsdale Personal Injury Lawyer on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).