Woman charged with manslaughter faces wrongful death lawsuit

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman who was charged with manslaughter in a fatal crash from November is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in Boone County.

Kyshonda Williams, 30, was arrested last week in Tennessee on a warrant for the Boone County charges. She is charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, misdemeanor reckless driving and misdemeanor failure to yield in the death of Ethan Cash.

Cash, 25, was killed after Williams crashed a Dodge Charger into Cash’s motorcycle on Nov. 2 on South Range Line Street near Kennesaw Ridge Road, court documents say. The probable cause statement says Cash tried to avoid Williams as she turned left, but a collision occurred.

Williams was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Tuesday evening and an order extradite her from Shelby County, Tennessee was filed after her arrest by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The wrongful death lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in Boone County by Cash’s mother and the mother of Cash’s child. The lawsuit accuses Williams of negligence causing a wrongful death.