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A woman has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a Michigan state trooper.

Woman will face trial in crash that killed Michigan trooper December 13, 2020 GMT IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of a state trooper was drunk and driving around 100 mph at the time of a crash last summer, authorities said. Thomasina Jones was ordered to stand trial in Ionia County after witnesses testified last week about her blood-alcohol level and other circumstances. The evidence appears “overwhelming,” District Court Judge Ray Voet said. Trooper Caleb Starr was driving in Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line f...

Associated Press IONIA, Mich. — A woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of a state trooper was drunk and driving around 100 mph at the time of a crash last summer, authorities said. Thomasina Jones was ordered to stand trial in Ionia County after witnesses testified last week about her blood-alcohol level and other circumstances. The evidence appears "overwhelming," District Court Judge Ray Voet said. Trooper Caleb Starr was driving in Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line from the opposite direction and smashed into his patrol car, police said. Jo...

Driver going 100 mph before crash killing state police trooper, testimony shows Updated Dec 10, 2020; Facebook Share IONIA COUNTY, MI – A drunken driver was going 100 mph before she crossed into an oncoming lane, causing a head-on crash that killed a state police trooper, witnesses testified. Thomasina Shani Jones, 29, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.233 percent, nearly triple the state’s 0.08 percent level at which a motorist is presumed intoxicated, police said. State police Trooper Caleb Starr, 33, a married father of two, was killed in the July 10 crash. After hearing testimony from s...