Authorities say alcohol flowed from the mouth of a suspected drunk driver accused of killing a family-of-three when paramedics tried to revive her after a vehicle crash in Ohio.
Law enforcement said Abby Michaels, 21, was driving the wrong way in Sunday's fatal collision where Timmy Thompson, 51, and his daughter, Tessa Thompson, 10, died at the scene. The girl's mother Karen Thompson, 50, passed away later at Kettering hospital.
According to a report, Michaels crossed over the median on the I-75, turned around and headed north in the southbound lane around 8.10pm.
Cops said Abby Michaels (pictured May 2018), 21, was driving the wrong way in Sunday's collision in Dayton, Ohio
Timmy Thompson and his daughter, Tessa Thompson, 10, died at the scene when she hit their car. Girl's teacher mother Karen Thompson, died later in hospital
Michaels was driving 'via the paved turnaround restricted for authorized and emergency vehicles' a police report said, noting a northbound witness saw a white sedan pull a 'U-turn area of the median'.
She crossed over a median on I-75 and turned into oncoming traffic at 8.10pm. Michaels is pictured at her June 2018 wedding
The Xenia woman's Kia 'then pulled into the middle lane of oncoming traffic and within 10-15 seconds hit another car head-on'.
The incident where the car struck the Warren County family's Camry is being investigated as a vehicular homicide.
Michaels was believed to have earlier celebrated the March 17 holiday as she was 'wearing a festive St. Patrick's Day shirt, multiple green, plastic shamrock necklaces and she had a temporary tattoo on her right cheek of an apparent beer mug'.
Moraine police discovered a large cup in her bag with a Fireball whiskey logo on and first responders noted a 'frothy fluid coming from her mouth' when they tried to make her breath, which 'the medics identified as beer'.
A 911 caller was reported as saying: 'I'm pretty sure no one survived. It is awful.'
Michaels was in serious but stable condition in Miami Valley Hospital Wednesday.
Michaels was listed as marrying Kyle Pastorelle in June 2018 but just two days before the crash he filed for divorce.
Writing on The Knot
