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Fighting parents facing charges after rollover crash killed daughter

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old girl died in a rollover crash after an argument between her father and stepmother escalated into throwing punches as they drove the teen to school. KTVB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2fMum59) that police arrested 46-year-old James Barnes and 25-year-old Jordan Jamison on Tuesday. They are each facing charges of felony injury to a child and misdemeanor domestic violence stemming from the March 31 crash that killed Autumn Barnes. Police say Jamison lost control of the sport-utility vehicle, which rolled and landed on its roof. Court records say Jamison had methamphetamine in her system at the time. Officials say Autumn Barnes wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle. She died at the scene. Court records show Barnes and Jamison filed for divorce after the crash.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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