The mother of a 15-year-old girl killed last New Year’s Eve expressed frustration that the man charged in her daughter’s death was not in jail awaiting trial when he was involved in a fatal two-vehicle crash over the weekend.

“My heart goes out to them, and we need to get justice,” Sara Rafaloski said Monday after the New York State Police said a 71-year-old South Dayton woman had died late Saturday night in the town of Arkwright.

Investigators say a 2020 Chevrolet Trail Blazer being operated by Randall J. Rolison of Jamestown failed to stop at a stop sign at Route 83 and Center Road when it collided with a 2018 Ford F-150.

Linda A. Kraemer, a passenger in the Ford truck, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rafaloski is the mother of Alexis Catherine Hughan, who died Dec. 31, 2021, after being struck by a tractor-trailer hauling several vehicles in the city of Jamestown. Rolison was driving the semi that hit Hughan, and he was indicted in June on charges of second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving while ability impaired by drugs.

Rolison also is facing three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after police in January of this year recovered unregistered handguns that he kept inside a storage unit.

Rafaloski believes bail should have been set higher on the charges.

County Court Judge David Foley previously set bail for Rolison at $35,000 cash, $70,000 bond for the charges tied to the fatal crash, and $50,000 cash, $100,000 bond for the weapons possession charges. Rolison posted bail and was released from Chautauqua County Jail.

After learning of Saturday’s crash in Arkwright, Rafaloski said she has thought about reaching out to the family of Kraemer, whose husband also was injured.

“I do know how I felt with a lot of people I didn’t know reaching out to me after an accident,” Rafaloski said. “I’m sure a lot of people are already, that know me, are reaching out on my behalf. … I feel like I need to apologize that I didn’t make this (trial) happen faster to help save her, you know. He should have never been allowed out after what he did to my daughter.”

Jason Schmidt, Chautauqua County district attorney, said Rolison will stand trial first on the weapons possession charges because the indictment on that case was filed earlier. He predicts a trial could take place in February or March.

In a news release this week, the DA said his office was looking to have Rolison’s bail revoked “so that he can be jailed pending trial on the indicted cases.”

Rolison is being represented by the Chautauqua County Public Defender’s Office.