Woman accused of deadly revenge crash faces jury as boyfriend’s hospital account stays out of trial

A Florida woman accused of deliberately crashing an SUV with her boyfriend inside was furious over another girl’s text messages before making a sharp turn into the woods at nearly 100 mph, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.

But Leigha Mumby’s defense attorney offered a different explanation as her trial opened, suggesting something happened inside the vehicle that she neither anticipated nor controlled.

Mumby, 25, has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide and reckless driving causing...