A Florida jury on Friday Connie Brown-Menzies of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing property damage and injury, felony DUI and two counts of DUI causing serious body injury, according to a Monday statement from State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden. It was the woman's third DUI conviction.
An Alabama woman has been convicted in a DUI crash that killed her 8-year-old son, and seriously injured two of her other children.A Florida jury on Friday Connie Brown-Menzies of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing property damage and injury, felony DUI and two counts of DUI causing serious body injury, according to a Monday statement from State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden.
Brown-Menzies and her four children – ages 8, 7, 5 and 2 - were traveling from Evergreen to Niceville when the fatal crash happened. Witnesses stated, and Florida Highway Patrol confirmed through conducting crash reconstruction, that Brown-Menzies was traveling southbound on Highway 4 through Baker when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit a northbound vehicle head-on. Witnesses also testified that Brown-Menzies had been driving aggressively and erratically for approximately ten miles prior to the collision, according to the news release. Brown-Menzies’ 8-year-old son – Ondric Brown-Menzies - child was killed. He was in the second grade at Evergreen Elementary School. “He loved all sports, spending time with his classmates and siblings,’’Madden said the investigation revealed that at the time of the crash, Brown-Menzies had a bottle of vodka in her car, her blood alcohol level was a .24 and at least two of her four children were not properly restrained within the vehicle. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26. Because it is Brown-Menzies’ third DUI convictions, she faces a maximum of life in prison. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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