An Albuquerque woman charged in a wrong-way crash that killed a Santa Fe police officer and a retired firefighter is set to begin trial this week, more than two years after the deadly wreck.
Jury selection was scheduled Wednesday in the trial of Jeannine Jaramillo, 49, who is charged with leading police on a high-speed wrong-way pursuit on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe that ended in a multi-vehicle crash.
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