A 21-year-old Hayden man is charged in the death of his girlfriend who was killed when police say he recklessly tried to beat a train and failed.
LaDonald Dewayne Phillips Jr. went before a Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff judge Tuesday to face a charge of manslaughter in last year’s traffic crash death of 21-year-old Claudia Mae Dreffs.
Phillips was arrested last week on the felony charge.