A York County woman is facing DUI and child endangerment charges after police say her car flipped several times on June 6 along the 2000 block of Taxville Road in West Manchester Township, leaving one child with a large, bleeding wound to the right thigh. Two children were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash, and officers reported that one of them was unrestrained and required medical attention. The driver, 35-year-old Shadaya Jackson, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence, and a subsequent toxicology report put her blood-alcohol level at 0.101, according to charging documents and police records.
Crash Details and On-Scene Findings
West Manchester Township officers say Jackson’s vehicle entered the roadway on a wet stretch, appeared to hydroplane and then overcorrect before flipping multiple times around 6:30 p.m. A witness told police the car looked out of control just before the rollover. When officers got to the scene, they found a child covered in blood with their leg extended through an open passenger-side window, and a partially empty bottle of Hennessy was discovered in the wreckage.
Jackson told investigators she had been drinking wine at a family reunion about three hours earlier. Later, while speaking with an officer at a hospital, she reportedly said, “I think my adrenaline and alcohol is wearing off!” according to Local21 News.
Charges and Police Posting
Police say Jackson was taken into custody at the crash scene on suspicion of DUI and has been charged with child endangerment stemming from the incident. The West Manchester Township Police Department later posted information about the case on its Crimewatch feed, where public entries list Jackson as wanted on multiple counts tied to the June 6 investigation. The department’s online postings and charging documents do not yet indicate whether additional traffic offenses will be filed, and the record remains subject to updates from investigators and prosecutors, according to the department’s Crimewatch entry.
Legal Context
Under Pennsylvania law, endangering the welfare of children is codified at 18 Pa.C.S. a7 4304, and the statute can be graded as a third-degree felony when the alleged conduct creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury. The state’s DUI provisions are laid out in 75 Pa.C.S. a7 3802, which sets BAC thresholds and penalty tiers that can increase the severity of consequences when a passenger under 18 is in the vehicle, as detailed by Justia and Justia. If prosecutors move forward and obtain a conviction, those statutes provide for criminal penalties as well as possible administrative actions against the driver’s license.
Next Steps
Court records show Jackson has a hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. on July 27, and the case is expected to proceed through Magisterial District Court before any formal arraignment, according to local reporting. Officials have not issued further public comment beyond the initial postings; for the original account and the posted charging details, see Local21 News.
