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Aug 27, 2025

CRASH DRIVER INDICTED


CRASH DRIVER INDICTED 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT LED A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT TUNED DEADLY HAS NOW BEEN INDICTED.
A MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A POLICE CHASE THAT KILLED AN INNOCENT DRIVER. 24 YEAR OLD JAMON WHITTAKER THE SECOND WAS INDICTED YESTERDAY ON INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND THE 24-YEAR-OLD'S RECORDS SHOW WHITTAKER WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND HAD BEEN CITED FOR AN OVI JUST LAST MONTH. HE'S DUE BACK IN COURT TOMORROW. THE CHASE HAPPENED SUNDAY WITH THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. JUST TWO MINUTES INTO THE CHASE, WHITTAKER CRASHED INTO 37-YEAR-OLD SHARDE ELDERS VEHICLE. SHE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: WKYC HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IN THIS CASE IS THE SAME SHERIFF'S DEPUTY INVOLVED IN ANOTHER HIGH SPEED CHASE IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY THAT RESULTED IN TWO DEATHS LAST YEAR.


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