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Self-proclaimed ‘best drunk driver ever’ charged with killing 2 state troopers and a pedestrian in DUI crash
A woman who boasted on Twitter that she is the “best drunk driver ever” has been accused of killing two Pennsylvania state troopers and one pedestrian.
Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, faced three counts of third-degree murder after prosecutors said she mowed down troopers Branden Sisca, 29, and Martin Mack III, 33, along with pedestrian Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, on the shoulder of I-95 Monday night, March 21, in Philadelphia.
The deadly crash unfolded around 1am on Monday, when Troopers Mack and Sisca pulled Webb over on suspicion of DUI (driving under the influence), but they let her go free when they were called away to assist a man endangering himself by walking in the southbound lanes of the busy interstate highway.
Some miles down the interstate from where they pulled over Webb, the two troopers were helping the distressed pedestrian, 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras, get into their patrol car when Webb allegedly rammed into their police SUV at high speed, killing all three men.
Police say the impact of the crash flung all three men into the opposite northbound lanes.
Good Samaritans attempted to render aid to the troopers and pedestrian, but all three were killed by the force of the impact.
Both of the troopers left behind wives. Mack had two children and Sisca’s widow is pregnant, according to fundraising sites.
Mack (left) Sisca (right)
Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, was hit with felony charges on Tuesday, March 22, for allegedly ramming the troopers on I-95 just moments after they had pulled her over on suspicion of drunk driving.
Webb allegedly admitted to driving under the influence and reportedly cried as she was arraigned on 18 felony counts, including two counts of manslaughter of a law enforcement officer.
Earlier this year, the suspect had taken to Twitter to brag about her ability to drive while drunk.
“If you ask me, I’m the best drunk driver ever,” she tweeted on Jan. 15.
Her Twitter timeline is littered with other tweets about her being drunk.
“The liquor starting to taste like juice… I think I need a long ass break bc wtf,” she tweeted on Jan. 16.
On February 18, she referred to “getting in at 8am drunk: and on January 21 she posted: “I get drunk & start saying anything.”
Police sources said that Webb’s blood alcohol level was measured at twice the legal limit following the fatal crash.
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Join me in praying for his safe return
Nollywood actor, Uche Odoputa, has raised an alarm over the kidnap of his father, Kenneth Odoputa, over two weeks ago.
In a post shared on Instagram, Uche appealed to his friends to pray for the safe rescue of his dad who he said has been in the kidnapper’s den for two weeks and counting.
In his post, the distraught actor wrote ;
“Friends please join me in praying for my father’s safe return from the hands of kidnappers that took him over two weeks now. Mr. Kenneth Odoputa”
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2023: ‘I’m focused on AfDB’, Adesina rejects calls to run for president
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THE President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has rejected the calls from some Nigerians urging him to run for President in 2023.
Some groups had reportedly purchased and submitted the presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on behalf of Adesina.
But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the AfDB boss said he is “focused on the mission of supporting the accelerated development and economic integration of Africa”.
”I have been extremely humbled by several calls from Nigerians at home and abroad that I should consider running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am very touched by all who have gone to great extent, with such huge sacrifices, of their own volition, to consider me worthy to be proposed for potential consideration,” he said.
”The coalition groups of youth, women, farmers, physically challenged and well-meaning Nigerians that have done this have expressed their genuine free will, political right, freedom of expression and association for my consideration, with the interest of Nigeria at heart. While I am deeply honored, humbled and grateful for all the incredible goodwill, kindness, and confidence, my current responsibilities at this time do not allow me to accept to be considered.
”I remain fully engaged and committed to the mission that Nigeria, Africa and all the non-African shareholders of the African Development Bank have given me for Africa’s development. I remain fully focused on the mission of supporting the accelerated development and economic integration of Africa. May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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Many feared dead as explosion rocks Sabon Gari in Kano (video)
Several people are feared killed with others injured in a huge explosion in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State.
Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that the explosion occurred at about 9am, near a primary school along Court Road by Aba Road, with many children affected .
It was not clear whether it was a case of a bomb blast or as a result of a gas explosion.
Meanwhile the police anti bomb unit and several security units have moved to scene of the incident.
Details later…
