A New Jersey woman who police said drove her jeep through an emergency area on I-76 in Montgomery County over the summer and struck and killed a firefighter while injuring three other first responders is now charged with third-degree murder. Her initial DUI charge was dropped.
Vehicles were moving through the area at about 10 mph in the left-hand lane.
Officials determined Walker’s Jeep was in poor condition with severe rusting and only one functional brake. Previous records and evidence show that Walker knew that three of her four brakes were not functional yet she never fixed them and continued to drive her vehicle, according to investigators. On Tuesday, Steele announced that the Homicide by Vehicle-DUI charge against Walker was dropped while a third-degree murder charge was added.
Walker has been held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility on $500,000 cash bail since the crash.
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