Murder Charges Refiled In PA State Trooper, Pedestrian Death Case

PHILADELPHIA — After third-degree murder charges filed against a woman accused of striking and killing two Pennsylvania State Police Troopers and a pedestrian on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia were dropped, authorities refiled the charge.

Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, of Eagleville, is charged with numerous crimes, including third-degree murder, homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, and second-degree manslaughter of a law enforcement officer in connection with the Monday, March 21 incident.

Webb is accused of killing Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Branden T. Sisca, 29, as well as Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, of Allentown, at about 12:45 a.m. Monday on Interstate 95 south, just before the Philadelphia sports complexes.

In court Wednesday, the murder charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence, but the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office refiled the charges later Wednesday, according to Action News.

On March 21, Mack and Sisca pulled Webb over for speeding and were with her for less than a minute before they were dispatched to another part of the highway near the Philadelphia sports complexes for a report of a pedestrian on the road.

Mack and Sisca found the man, identified as Oliveras, when they arrived.

When they were trying to get Oliveras into their vehicle, another vehicle sped up to the scene and struck the three, sending Mack and Sisca over the median and onto the northbound lanes of I-95.

When backup arrived, troopers found witnesses giving CPR to the victims, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities said Webb remained at the scene after the crash.

Webb is being held after failing to post 10 percent of $600,000 bail.

Mack enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in November 2014 and graduated as a member of the 141st cadet class. Sisca enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in February 2021 and graduated as a member of the 161st cadet class.

Both troopers spent their entire careers assigned to the Patrol Section of Troop K, Philadelphia.

Mack, a resident of Bristol in Bucks County, left behind a wife and two children.

Sisca, who served as the chief of the Trappe Fire Company No. 1 in Trappe Borough, is the son of Craig Sisca, a 10-year member of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. He's survived by his wife, who is expecting a child.

Patch previously spoke with members of the Trapper Fire Co. who continue to mourn their chief's loss.

Sisca had only just graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy last August, and he made fire chief at the volunteer department in January. He just got married last September.

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