A Lancaster city woman will face a charge of accidents involving death or personal injury and related charges in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas after a preliminary hearing Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Miles Bixler.

The evidence presented at the hearing was sufficient to hold over the charges against Whitney Webb, 27 of the 600 block of Poplar Street, regarding a fatal crash on Route 30 in Mountville Borough that resulted in two deceased and two severely injured passengers.

West Hempfield Township Police Department Sergeant Ryan Draper filed charges on August 22, 2022, after a yearlong investigation.

Assistant District Attorney Kyle Linardo presented Draper’s testimony during the preliminary hearing that the crash occurred around 2:39 a.m. on August 21, 2021, and involved three vehicles: a black Mazda, a grey BMW, and a red Chrysler minivan.

The investigation determined and two witness corroborated that a dark Mazda 3 collided with the BMW, which swerved and went up a small embankment before rolling over onto the highway on its roof. The Chrysler then struck the front end of the BMW and veered off to the right.

The operators of the BMW and Chrysler were both pronounced deceased and two passengers in the BMW were severely injured.

Further testimony revealed the owner of the Mazda contacted police and said her friend, Webb, had been using the vehicle and that it might be located at Webb’s residence on Poplar Street. Police discovered the car with damage parked on Poplar Street and made contact with Webb, who provided access to the vehicle.

Webb stated she was involved in a hit-and-run crash in York County and left the scene because she was scared.

Tests done on the Mazda showed it wouldn’t have passed inspection and that it was traveling at 84 miles per hour in a 55 MPH zone five seconds prior to the collision.

Webb’s license was also suspended at the time of the crash.

Further testimony revealed that cell phone data would be able to show the general location of the driver of the Mazda at the time of the crash.

Webb is presumed innocent and is scheduled to be arraigned on December 23, 2022.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.