Woman Pleads Guilty in Crash Killing Vikings Rookie

A 25-year-old Maryland woman pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol in connection with a high-speed crash that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two of his former high school teammates last summer. The incident occurred on July 6, 2024, along northbound Pennsylvania Avenue in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County.

Cori Clingman entered the plea in a Prince George's County court, where prosecutors detailed how she was driving her Infiniti Q50 at more than 100 miles per hour with a blood-alcohol concentration between 0.12 and 0.18 percent, well above the legal limit of 0.08 percent. According to investigators, Clingman attempted to change lanes to pass a Dodge Charger driven by Isaiah Hazel, in which Jackson and Anthony Lytton Jr. were passengers. The maneuver resulted in a collision that sent the Charger off the road, where it struck multiple tree stumps around 3:14 a.m. The crash involved three vehicles, but authorities found no evidence that the cars were racing. Jackson, 24, and Hazel, 23, were pronounced dead at the scene, while Lytton Jr., 24, was transported to a hospital and later succumbed to his...