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Texas woman charged in fatal 2021 Brown Co wreck

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/31/2022

Catrina Weathersett ( Credit: Brown Co Sheriff's Office)

(KNZA)--A Texas woman is facing a charge of vehicular homicide in connection with a 2021 Brown County two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a a Sabetha girl.

Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill said the charge was filed against Catrina Weathersett, of Holtom City, Texas, following a lengthy investigation by the Kansas Highway Patrol that included dashboard video of the collision.

6-year-old Taya Mooney died from injuries received in the July 25, 2021 wreck on U.S. 75 Highway near Sabetha when a car she was a passenger in was struck from behind by a semi truck driven Weathersett.

Hill said the complaint alleges that Weathersett operated the semi truck in a manner which created an unreasonable risk of injury to the person or property of another and constituted a material deviation from the standard of care, which a reasonable person would observe under the same circumstances.

While the case was filed in March, Hill said Weathersett was just recently arrested by authorities in Texas and waived extradition to Kansas to answer to the charge.

She was released Tuesday from the Brown County Jail on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond and is scheduled to make her first appearance in a Brown County courtroom on September 21.

Texas woman charged in fatal 2021 Brown Co wreck

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