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Arrest made following Wednesday fatal crash

By Greg Bebermeyer/Brian Hagen

04/26/2023

Ayinde Jriel James/Credit: Jackson Co Sheriff

(KNZA)--An arrest is made in connection with the fatal, late Wednesday morning, Jackson County wreck that claimed the life of a Whiting woman.

Dead is 74-year-old Melinda Wareham whose Grand Marquis, southbound on U.S. Highway 75, near 254th Road, was struck by a northbound Dodge Avenger driven by a Fort Worth, Texas man that the Kansas Highway Patrol's report states was " traveling at excessive speeds and began to pass numerous vehicles without sufficient clearance" from Wareham's vehicle.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, about two miles north of Holton, while the Texas driver, identified as 44-year-old Ayinde Jriel James, was arrested following an investigation into the fatal wreck.

According to a release from Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, James was arrested for involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and reckless driving.
James, according to KHP, suffered minor injuries in the crash, but was not transported for treatment.

Following his arrest, James was booked into the Jackson County Jail.

The fatal crash, reported shortly before 11:00 Wednesday morning, kept a stretch of Highway 75 closed for more than three hours as authorities investigated the cause of the wreck.

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