West Allis fatal crash; Jason Zamora pleads not guilty to charges
Jason Zamora
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - 20-year-old Jason Zamora of West Allis pleaded not guilty on Thursday, May 4 to second-degree reckless homicide in connection with a fatal crash at 60th and Burnham that happened Sunday, April 23.
Prior to entering his plea Thursday, Zamora waived his right to a preliminary hearing. The court then found probable cause to bind Zamora over for trial.
Case details
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of 60th and Burnham for a crash. Two vehicles were involved in the wreck -- a car and SUV. When officers arrived, the defendant, Zamora, was in the driver's seat of the car, unconscious, apparently from the crash. An officer also reported "smelling the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the breath of the defendant and the partially full 12 oz. can of Modelo beer resting on the center console near the gear shifter," the complaint says.
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The complaint says a woman in the passenger seat of the car, later identified as 18-year-old Maryxa Zepeda, was declared deceased on the scene.
Crash on 60th and Burnham
Investigators recovered surveillance video from a business near the intersection. The complaint says it "showed that the defendant's gray Pontiac was traveling eastbound on West Burnham Street at a high rate of speed, approaching a traffic light which was solid red for approximately 3 minutes and 18 seconds prior to and including when the Pontiac entered the intersection against the light." The also shows the SUV was headed south on 60th Street with the green light when it was struck by the defendant's vehicle. The complaint says "upon impact, the Jeep went airborne, was spun 180 degrees, and that both vehicles then struck 2 pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of the business."
Crash on 60th and Burnham
The driver of the SUV was "confused and complaining of pain." The complaint says she was taken to a hospital for treatment -- and later informed she suffered a concussion.
Investigators conducted an analysis based on the surveillance video and determined the defendant's car "was traveling between 51 and 57 mph as it approached the crash," the complaint says. The posted speed limit on that street is 30 mph.
A GoFundMe has already been established for Zepeda.