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MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Semmes woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a crash that claimed the life of a Wilmer man.
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According to jail records, 46-year-old Tonya Renee Wadsworth turned herself in to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morning.
She is charged with manslaughter in the death of 38-year-old James R. Parker, who was fatally injured July 28 when the motorcycle he was riding was allegedly hit by an SUV driven by Wadsworth.
Parker was thrown from the motorcycle and was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.
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The crash happened on Jack Williams Road near Buford Lane, about 6 miles north of Semmes…