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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKeesport, PA) According to police, a woman with three kids in her minivan was drunk, high and driving twice the speed limit when she crashed into another car in McKeesport last month, killing the passenger. The Allegheny County Police Department announced in a social media post yesterday that thirty-three-year-old Brittany McPherson is facing charges that are in connection with a crash that occurred at the intersection of 28th and Rockwood streets the night of February 14th. Police confirm that first responders were called to the crash around 8:50 p.m., and when they got arrived, they found a Dodge Caravan with two adults and three children inside and a Honda Accord with two adults inside. An adult and a child in the minivan and both adults that were in the sedan were taken to the hospital. Police noted that the passenger of the Accord, later identified as 69-year-old Donna DeFrances, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Detectives confirmed they learned that McPherson, the driver of the Dodge Caravan, was going 56 mph in a 25 mph zone at the time of the crash. Investigators expressed that toxicology reports showed that she had a blood-alcohol content of 0.086% and THC in her system. The legal limit is 0.08. McPherson is facing multiple charges, including aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and aggravated assault by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while DUI and homicide by vehicle.