A Pleasant Hill woman is facing a felony manslaughter charge after a January crash on westbound Interstate 580 in Oakland that killed her passenger and injured others, in a case prosecutors say centers on alleged drug impairment.
Crash and charges
According to The Mercury News, Alameda County prosecutors today filed one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated against 32-year-old Alazjah Cannon of Pleasant Hill. The collision happened Jan. 3 on westbound Interstate 580 east of Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland.
The Alameda County coroner identified the passenger who later died as 34-year-old Trevaughn Winston Brown of West Sacramento. Other people involved in the crash were also hurt, and Cannon herself was treated for injuries.
Investigators’ findings and arrest…