Woman accused of vehicular homicide waives hearing

A Milan woman charged with homicide by vehicle following a fatal motor vehicle accident in Sayre has waived her preliminary hearing in district court.

Karmie Irene MacBride, 19, waived a hearing Friday before Magisterial District Judge Michael Shaw. Her formal arraignment in Bradford County Court is scheduled for Jan. 28, according to information filed with the court.

Sayre Borough police also charged MacBride with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, failure to stop at a stop sign, speeding, careless driving and driving on the left side of the roadway while approaching an intersection following investigation into the Sept. 25 accident, according to a criminal complaint filed by borough police in district court.

MacBride was arraigned Nov. 15 on the charges and remanded to the Bradford County Jail in lieu of $ 25,000 bail. Judge Shaw reduced MacBride's bail to non-monetary bail on Nov. 19, according to court information.

MacBride was the driver of a gold 1996 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck involved in a Sept. 25 accident at Cayuta Street and Ellistown Road in Sayre. Thomas Warren Walker Jr., 21, of Gillett, one of two passengers in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene by Bradford County Coroner Tom Carman.

Emergency responders were unable to remove Walker due to the damage done to the vehicle, and officers did not feel a pulse on Walker at the time, according to police. The coroner's report later confirmed Walker's death as homicide caused by positional asphyxia, police said.

MacBride and 18-year-old Asia Nero, the other passenger in the truck, had to be extricated from the vehicle and were treated at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, police said.

An officer patrolling the area of Cayuta Street that day saw the truck traveling south on Ellistown Road at about 2:25 p.m., police said. The truck, traveling at a high rate of speed in the northbound lane, failed to stop at the road's intersection with Cayuta Street and traveled down an embankment after striking a concrete curb, police said.

The vehicle then struck several trees, landing in a wooded area about 60 feet below the roadway, police said.

MacBride told officers the day of the accident that she believed the truck had malfunctioned and that she had not done drugs prior to driving, police said. However, during a Sept. 26 interview with police, Nero said Walker had purchased synthetic marijuana at a store in Waverly and the three had smoked it in the vehicle prior to the accident, police said.

The three ended up on Ellistown Road, where MacBride turned the vehicle around near a dead end and traveled back down the hill at a high rate of speed, Nero told police. Nero told officers she and Walker both told MacBride to slow down, police said.

During a second interview with police, MacBride admitted that the three had smoked synthetic marijuana, police said. A plastic bottle used to smoke the marijuana was found during a search of the truck, and a sample of MacBride's blood taken at the hospital later tested positive for the presence of cannabinoids, police said.

State police conducted an analysis and reconstruction of the accident and determined that the truck had traveled down the hill at a minimum of 55 miles per hour and that MacBride failed to stop the vehicle at the stop sign, police said. State police also inspected the vehicle, which police said was not found to have any mechanical defects.

Amanda Renko can be reached at (570) 888-9652; or email: arenko@thedailyreview.com.

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