Apr 2, 2025

AMAZON CRASH PLEA



AMAZON CRASH PLEA

A MAN IN CLEVELAND IS PLEADING GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN A DEADLY CRASH ON INTERSTATE 90. 
24-YEAR-OLD JALEN JACKSON ADMITTED TO STEALING AN AMAZON VAN, FLEEING FROM POLICE, AND CRASHING INTO A VEHICLE, KILLING 70-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR CURTIS BIRCHALL. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER 2023, WHEN JACKSON STOLE THE VAN AFTER THREATENING A CLEVELAND HEIGHTS AMAZON WORKER WITH A GUN. AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CHASE, JACKSON DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE COLLIDING HEAD-ON WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DR. BIRCHALL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. JACKSON WILL BE SENTENCED ON APRIL 30TH.


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