Mercer County woman charged following April crash in Muddy Creek Township
A Sharon woman was charged Wednesday, June 21, with driving under the influence of a controlled substance after an April rollover crash in Muddy Creek Township that left her trapped inside her vehicle.
Amanda S. Husband, 40, was charged with four counts of DUI, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding and three summary traffic violations by state police for the April 30 crash in Muddy Creek Township.
Firefighters and paramedics were trying to remove Husband from her vehicle in the area of New Castle and Currie roads when police arrived just after 10 a.m.
Witnesses reported that the vehicle was traveling west on New Castle Road at a high rate of speed in rainy conditions and passed several cars in the turning lane, police said in an affidavit of probable cause. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it crossed the oncoming lanes, hit an embankment and overturned, police said.
The witnesses attempted to check on her condition and called 911, police added.
Husband told police that she was on her way home from Butler, but didn’t remember what happened in the crash, police said. She admitted to smoking marijuana the previous night, and her eyes were bloodshot and watery, police said.
She agreed to a search and police found a small plastic bag of suspected marijuana, a glass smoking device and a used blunt in her backpack. She said the marijuana and smoking device belonged to her boyfriend, police said.