Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Turnpike crash victim was facing DUI trial

Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Monroeville Pittsburgh woman who was DUI killed Tuesday night in a crash while driving the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was awaiting trial in two cases in which she was charged with driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

Andrea Baker, 36, and Aidan, her son, were trapped after her car DUI crashed head-on with two tractor-trailer trucks in Pitssburgh less than two miles from the Monroeville interchange at 9:18 p.m., police said.

State police said investigators had not determined how Ms. Baker got onto the turnpike on the wrong side of the highway.

Ms. Baker was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m. Tuesday at Pittsburgh DUI Forbes Regional Hospital. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the leg and abdomen, the Allegheny County medical examiner said. Toxicology results were not yet available.

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