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Police arrest Kansas woman believed involved in fatal car crash

Colon-photo Joplin PD

CHEROKEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman involved in a fatal car accident in southeast Kansas.

Galena police issued a warrant last week for 25-year-old Shelby Colon’s arrest. The Cherokee County district attorney has charged Colon with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 66-year-old Charles Burkybile Jr. and 86-year-old Glen A. Roosa.  Authorities say Burkybile and Roosa were struck by a vehicle Colon was driving on July 6. Burkybile died at the scene. Roosa later died at a nearby hospital.

Detectives developed information that she was at a home in Joplin. Patrol officers responded to the home just after 10p.m. Monday to locate her. While there, she arrived in a vehicle in the alley behind the house and was taken into custody. She is awaiting extradition back to Kansas, according to a media release.

Police Chief Billy Charles says Colon stopped at the scene of the crash and didn’t attempt to flee. He says there was no indication she was impaired at the time, but a blood sample was sent to the state crime lab for analysis.

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