From staff reports
A Franklin woman is facing charges after she was allegedly in a DUI crash with her 4-year-old son inside the vehicle last month in Cranberry.
The woman, identified as Emily Nelson, 26, had been found by police passed out in a vehicle just a few hours before the crash, police said.
A criminal complaint filed through district judge Patrick Lowrey’s office said that around 4 p.m. April 19, Franklin state police found Nelson unresponsive inside her vehicle in the Cranberry Walmart parking lot.
Then, at around 8:15 p.m. the same day, Nelson was involved in an accident on Route 322 in Cranberry, with her 4-year-old son in the vehicle, the complaint said.
Nelson was suspected of driving under the influence and was taken to UPMC Northwest for a blood test. The results indicated Nelson was under the influence of amphetamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and buprenorphine.
A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled June 20 in Central Court.
