Woman crashed car with boyfriend inside, then he died months later, FL cops say

New charges have been filed against a woman accused of intentionally crashing her car while driving with her boyfriend, leaving him critically injured for months before his death, Florida officials said.

Leigha Mumby, 24, was driving on Interstate 95 in Flagler County with Daniel Waterman, 22, in the front passenger seat on Feb. 9, the night of the Super Bowl, when the car veered off the road and hit a tree, according to an arrest affidavit from the Flagler County Circuit Court.

Emergency services responded and had to extract Mumby and Waterman from the car, with both suffering significant injuries, according to the report.

Mumby was released from the hospital a few days later and told law enforcement she did “not know what had happened prior to the crash and only remembers waking up in agonizing pain,” the report said.

Waterman was in critical condition and was unable to speak with officers until May, when he said the two had been arguing in the car before the crash after Mumby told him that she was pregnant, according to the report. Waterman had also received a message from a woman in New York, and Mumby started to drive recklessly as their argument unfolded, the report said.

Waterman told police Mumby slowed down before speeding to upward of 80 mph and telling him, “I don’t care what happens, you’ll get what you deserve,” and she intentionally drove off the road and into the tree, the report said.

Mumby was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury in July, and Mumby was taken into custody, according to arrest reports. Mumby was released on a $30,000 bail.

McClatchy News reached out to Mumby’s attorney Oct. 27 and was waiting for a response.

Waterman’s family said he had been fighting for his life with broken bones, injuries to his spine and collapsed lungs since the crash, according to a GoFundMe post.

Waterman contracted pneumonia in the hospital, his family told WJXT, and he died on Oct. 8 having been transported back home to Syracuse, New York, according to FlaglerLive.

On Oct. 27, an additional charge of vehicular homicide for “operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner, likely to cause the death of, or great bodily harm to another, kill Daniel Waterman” was filed against Mumby, according to court records.

Waterman played basketball and football, his family told WJXT, and he was excited to become a father, according to the GoFundMe.

“It’s just so sad. He had his whole life ahead of him,” a family member told the outlet. “I’m never going to see him be a dad. I’m never going to see him be who he was supposed to be.”

Mumby is set to make her next appearance in court on Nov. 19, records show.

Flagler County is in northeast Florida.