Milwaukee fatal crash, woman accused of driving drunk

A Milwaukee woman is accused of driving drunk and causing a fiery crash that killed a man on the city's north side last month.Prosecutors charged 27-year-old Ayanna Swiams with three felonies, including second-degree reckless homicide. Court records indicate she's being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on $100,000 cash bond.FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or AndroidTwo cars, a silver Buick and a white Mazda, were involved in the crash. A criminal complaint said damage to the Buick was so significant, the driver's side was crushed entirely into the passenger-side compartment. The Mazda sustained significant front-end damage.Surveillance video showed the Buick was headed west on Hampton Avenue, had the green light and began to pull into the intersection when the Mazda – speeding north on 60th Street – ran a red light and smashed into the Buick, according to the complaint. The Buick's undercarriage became engulfed in flames seconds after impact. Milwaukee police said the 31-year-old driver of the Buick, identified in court filings as Deandre Gladney, died at a hospital. The medical examiner's office determined he suffered multiple blunt force injuries.The complaint said Swiams, the driver of the Mazda, was "off-balance…slurring her words and making incoherent statements" at the crash scene. She was taken to a hospital with injuries of her own, where prosecutors said she confirmed she was driving the Mazda. The car was registered in her name.SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsHospital staff took a blood sample from Swiams, court filings said. Investigators sent that sample to a Wisconsin State Crime Lab, where a toxicologist determined her BAC was 0.215 – more than double the legal limit.Data from Swiam's car showed she was driving 72 mph less than a second before impact. The speed limit where the crash happened is 30 mph.