Woman drove angrily and struck an ATV, killing the driver in Pierce County, charges say
Prosecutors have charged a woman with crashing her car into an ATV last year near Parkland, killing the driver.
Tashina Mori Borja, 38, was charged this week with vehicular homicide for the crash that killed Michael Selby, 45. Mori Borja is not in custody, but an arraignment has been set for Feb. 26 where she is expected to enter a plea at Pierce County Superior Court.
Deputies were dispatched Oct. 9, 2023, to a crash at the intersection of 116th Street South and C Street South. A yellow ATV and a black motorcycle were in the roadway. Deputies found a silver Ford Flex nearby in a neighbor’s house. Selby was lying in the roadway, and medical personnel treated him for his “grievous” injuries, charging documents show.
Selby later was pronounced deceased from his injuries, prosecutors wrote.
His wife was at the scene and told deputies that she was driving the motorcycle while her husband was driving the ATV. She was driving through the intersection with Selby when a vehicle ran a stop sign at a high speed and struck the ATV, prosecutors wrote.
When a deputy tried to contact the driver of the Ford, she was unresponsive, and fire personnel had to extricate her from the car, prosecutors wrote.
The driver of the Ford Flex was identified as Mori Borja.
A deputy reviewed footage of the crash from a home’s security camera. The video showed Selby and his wife driving south on C Street South. The couple drove through the intersection and had the right of way. Selby was driving ahead of his wife. Footage showed Mori Borja allegedly driving through the stop sign at a high speed and striking Selby. She then drove into a nearby residence, prosecutors wrote.
Investigators spoke to Mori Borja and her husband a few weeks later on Oct. 24. She said she was driving to her sister’s house that day after she got into an argument with her husband. She said she was driving normally, but later said she had been driving angrily. She did not recall if she stopped at the stop sign. Mori Borja claimed she did not see any approaching vehicles, prosecutors wrote.
After reviewing video footage, the post-impact distance and the collision with the house, investigators determined that Mori Borja was driving at 68 miles per hour. The speed limit on the streets where the crash occurred is 30 miles per hour, prosecutors wrote.
This story was originally published February 13, 2024 at 2:39 PM.
