An Indiana woman was high on methamphetamines and was doing her makeup when she caused an accident last November that killed a 6-year-old boy.
Khristal Grant 43, wasn’t charged until May 9 and wasn’t arrested until May 28, WXIN reported.
On November 9 in Shelby County, a tragic accident occurred. Six-year-old James Doniven Hodges was a passenger in a Ford Explorer being driven by his grandparents when a man named Grant crashed his Chevy Tahoe into them from behind as they were waiting to turn left. Witnesses reported that the Tahoe was speeding and driving erratically before the collision.
Prior to the accident, witnesses observed Grant passing them in his Tahoe while applying makeup and looking into the vanity mirror of his vehicle. They described his speed as so excessive that their own vehicle seemed stationary in comparison.
The collision caused the Ford SUV to spin into oncoming traffic, where it was hit by another vehicle. Grant’s vehicle also collided with another car. Multiple individuals involved were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, but tragically, the young boy traveling with his grandparents did not survive the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to court documents, Grant admitted to using meth and smoking marijuana “with the past few days” but insisted she hadn’t used any drugs that day. She told officers she had been on her way to work and denied that she wasn’t paying attention to driving.
But data from her vehicle showed that she was traveling nearly 70 mph 2.5 seconds before the crash and didn’t touch her brake until a half second before the collision.
A drug test found methamphetamine greater thatn 50 ng/mL, court document say, and a forensic toxicologist said her driving “was consistent with impairment from methamphetamines.”
Grant faces up to 12 years in prison if she’s convicted on the current charges, operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance and causing death while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, according to WTHR. Her trial is set to begin on August 5.
