A Maryland grand jury handed a 13-count indictment against a driver accused of killing Minnesota Vikings star Khyree Jackson and two others last summer.
A Maryland grand jury handed a 13-count indictment against a driver accused of killing Minnesota Vikings star Khyree Jackson and two others last summer.
Aisha Braveboy, the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, announced the charges against Cori Clingman for her alleged role in the July 6 crash in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, an eastern suburb of Washington, D.C.
According to Maryland state police, Clingman was driving an Infiniti Q50 at high speeds on Route 4 when she attempted to change lanes, colliding with a Dodge Charger and a Chevrolet Impala.
The Charger, driven by Jackson and his Wise High School classmates Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, went off the road and collided with multiple tree stumps before coming to a stop.
Clingman and the driver of the Impala were unscathed, but none of the men in the Charger survived.
According to police, drinking may have been a part in the crash.
“Each of their lives was special, important, and a tragic loss for their families and our community,” Braveboy said of Jackson, Hazel, and Lytton at a press conference. “… These were three young men who had made the proper decisions in life and had fantastic, bright futures ahead of them.
Clingman faces charges of highly negligent and criminally negligent vehicular manslaughter, as well as vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence and impaired by alcohol.
Police detained Clingman on Thursday, according to Braveboy. She is still in detention and awaiting a bond hearing.
“This just starts really our fight to get justice for these three young men, their families, Wise High School, the NFL and this entire community,” Braveboy told reporters.
The Vikings selected Jackson in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Jackson transferred to Alabama from junior college in 2021 and then again to Oregon in 2022. He started 12 games for the Ducks and was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference Cornerback.
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