BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after a deadly pedestrian crash on Saturday.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office said James E. Clarke hit woman crossing at the corner of Ellicott and Goodrich Street on Buffalo's medical campus. Clarke, 31, was driving while intoxicated, according to prosecutors.
The victim, Wendy Jasper, 45 of the Town of Niagara, was taken to Buffalo General Hospital where she later died. She had just left the hospital after visiting her mother.
Clarke has been arraigned on one count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter and one count of driving while intoxicated. He faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
Editor's note: A graphic used in previous social media post for this story incorrectly used the phrase ‘Buffalo murder.’ The suspect is charged with vehicular manslaughter.’
