Both were speeding, police said, and one was driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
crash that killed six construction workersMelachi Duane Darnell Brown, 20, was driving a Volkswagen Jetta when he collided with an Acura TLX in a construction zone on I-695 on March 22., striking the workers at about 12:40 p.m. The Acura’s 54-year-old driver, Lisa Adrienne Lea, was also indicted Monday, but police are still searching for her, according to Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
Both Lea and Brown face charges of felony vehicular negligent manslaughter and death of a vulnerable person in each of the six deaths. Lea, who faces a total of 28 counts, was also charged with aggressive driving and driving while impaired. Lea was impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol, according to the indictment.
Lea was seriously injured in the crash and was later released from the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, according to the Maryland State Police, the primary agency in charge of investigating the collision. Brown reported no injuries.
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