{"id":71439,"date":"2016-04-25T11:32:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=71439"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:41:35","slug":"vice-principal-charged-with-vehicular-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/04\/25\/vice-principal-charged-with-vehicular-manslaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice principal charged with vehicular manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE – The vice principal of a middle school in Palmdale is facing a vehicular manslaughter charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jada Lashay Jackson<\/b> of Knight Prep Academy was charged last month in connection with a 2015 traffic crash that killed 79-year-old <\/span>Beverly Arlene Dwye<\/b>r of Lancaster, according to court records.<\/span><\/p>\n

The multi-vehicle crash happened around 3:24 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, in the intersection of 70th Street East and Avenue K in Lancaster, according to Detective Michael Politano of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson was driving a 2013 GMC Terrain northbound on 70th Street East, and Beverly Dwyer was a passenger in a 2002 Saturn that was headed eastbound on Avenue K, according to Politano.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson stopped at the stop sign and then accelerated into the intersection, failing to yield to the Saturn, which had no stop sign, Politano said, citing witness statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s GMC Terrain collided with the Saturn, and then the Saturn spun out of control and collided with a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup that was traveling westbound on Avenue K, according to Politano.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beverly Dwyer was transported to the hospital with critical injuries and she died about three weeks later.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries from an auto collision. Her date of death was Oct. 15, 2015, at 11:25 p.m.,\u201d said coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beverly Dwyer\u2019s husband, who had been driving the Saturn, sustained serious injuries in the collision. <\/span>James Dwyer is still being treated for his injuries\u00a0at the hospital, according to a family member.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson was charged on March 7 with one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash, according to court records.<\/span><\/p>\n

She pleaded not guilty on March 15 and remains out of custody on her own recognizance.<\/span><\/p>\n

A pretrial hearing is set for May 24, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

If convicted as charged, Jackson could face a maximum penalty of 364 days in county jail, Santiago said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jada Jackson is the vice principal at Knight Preparatory Academy, a <\/span>middle school charter academy offered by Antelope Valley Union High School District,<\/span> according to the school\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Calls to the Antelope Valley Union High School District regarding Jackson were not immediately returned.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PALMDALE – The vice principal of a middle school in Palmdale is facing a vehicular manslaughter charge. Jada Lashay Jackson of Knight Prep Academy was charged last month in connection with a 2015 traffic crash that killed 79-year-old Beverly Arlene Dwyer of Lancaster, according to court records. The multi-vehicle crash happened around 3:24 p.m. Tuesday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}