At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "DA: Road-rage death was 'intentional act': Woman accused of running over a motorcyclist on I-5 in Chula Vista":
CHULA VISTA — A 25-year-old Imperial Beach woman deliberately ran over over a motorcyclist on a South County freeway "in a purposeful and intentional act”, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday.More.
Darla Renee Jackson pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the hearing.
Jackson was in her Nissan Altima Thursday when she and motorcyclist Zacharias Buob, a 39-year-old chief petty officer in the Navy, got into a dispute on north Interstate 5 near E Street about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol officers said.
Deputy District Attorney Laura Evans described it in court as “some sort of back-and-forth altercation” between the two.
The dispute continued as the two vehicles transitioned from I-5 to state Route 54, where Jackson chased the victim, crossing into all lanes of traffic, and then hit the back of his Ducati, Evans said. Jackson is accused of pushing the bike some 300 feet until both Buob and the motorcycle went down. Her car then ran Buob over, the prosecutor said. He died at the hospital.
Evans told the judge witness accounts indicated “this was a purposeful and intentional act.”
“She endangered the life of herself, other motorists and ultimately killed the victim in this case,” Evans said.
The prosecutor argued for $3 million bail, citing the danger Jackson poses to the community, but Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Patricia Garcia said $1 million bail was sufficient.
Defense attorney Stephen Cline said Jackson’s version of events differed from that of authorities, saying after the hearing that she told him Buob kicked her car and they later collided.
Jackson, her hands shackled at her waist, trembled and rocked in her chair as she cried during the short hearing.
“She’s very sorry, she’s very upset and she’s very traumatized,” Cline said outside the courthouse.
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