A woman is behind bars after a fatal crash that happened back in September.
According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, 21-year-old Jamie Padgett was arrested Wednesday for charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and reckless driving, among other charges.
The arrest report states Padgett was in Lake Worth Beach, driving the wrong way on 6th Avenue South. It said she was heading east in a westbound lane in a 2021 Audi, with two passengers, when she crashed head-on with a Ford Focus driven by 41-year-old Jimmy Anglade. That was on Sept. 26, just before 11 p.m.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue pronounced Anglade dead on scene, and all three people in the Audi were taken for treatment at a local hospital. Padgett, who was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to the arrest report, was under the age of 21 at the time.