A Maryland driver was arrested and charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence in a fatal crash that killed an NFL rookie and two of his former teammates near Joint Base Andrews in July 2024.

A Maryland woman was arrested on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence, among other charges, in a fatal crash that killed an NFL rookie and two of his former teammates near Joint Base Andrews in July 2024.
Cori Clingman, of Upper Marlboro, was arrested and charged Thursday after Maryland State Police investigated the crash.
“This is a horrible tragedy that should not have happened,” Prince George’s County District Attorney Aisha Braveboy said at a news conference announcing the charges.
Prosecutors allege Clingman caused the deaths of three men, all from Maryland, when she plowed her Infinity Q50 into a Dodge Charger and a Chevrolet Impala on July 6, 2024, while driving on Route 4-Pennsylvania Avenue.
Three friends inside the Charger were killed: Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, both of Upper Marlboro, and Jackson, 24, of Waldorf.
The driver of the struck Chevrolet Impala was not injured.
Clingman and two other passengers in his Infinity were not injured in the crash.
Jackson was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The three men were friends and former teammates at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro.
“These were three young men who had succeeded in their lives and had bright, bright futures ahead of them; but on July 6, they were taken away from all of us,” Braveboy said.
A grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against Clingman, charging him with gross and criminally negligent manslaughter, as well as counts related to driving under the influence of l ‘alcohol.
“This has only just begun, our fight to achieve justice for these three young men, their families, Wise High School, the NFL and this entire community,” Braveboy said.
Clingman was arrested without incident.
Since the day of the crash, prosecutors have said they believe alcohol was a “contributing circumstance” to the collision and noted that the Infinity was traveling at a “high rate of speed.”
Community mourns slain friends
The loss of the three friends was mourned throughout the Prince George’s County community; a Vikings hat was placed near the crash site as a memorial last summer.
Although Jackson was never able to participate in a game, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said at Jackson and Hazel’s joint funeral in July that Jackson “cared about being a good teammate, to be part of a locker room and to commit to working hard for something that was bigger than himself.
The NFL team wore KJ stickers on their helmets as a tribute.
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