
Car Crash Damages Entrance of Mission District Queer Bar Jolene's
By Marcus Chen
SFist
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The trial is underway for a woman accused of intentionally crashing her car into a tree during an argument with her boyfriend, who later died from his injuries.Leigha Mumby is charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving in the crash that killed 22-year-old Daniel Waterman.Prosecutors say argument happened before crashProsecutors told jurors Mumby and Waterman were arguing in the car just minutes before the crash."She was screaming that Daniel Waterman was cheating on her and that she had seen a text from another woman," prosecutors said in court.Investigators said Mumby accelerated to more than 90 mph before the vehicle left the road and struck a tree.Mumby was pregnant with Waterman's child at the time.Defense says crash was an accidentMumby's attorneys argued she did not deliberately crash the vehicle and instead lost control."Does it make more sense that something happened within that vehicle that she did not expect, she did not anticipate, and she did not control?" a defen