Woman Charged In Southgate Wrong-Way Crash That Killed 1, Injured 4

SOUTHGATE, MI — A Riverview woman was charged in connection with a Saturday night wrong-way crash that killed a woman, an unborn child and left four others hurt in Southgate, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

Alyssa Taylor Usher, 30, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death and two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious injury. Her bond was set at $1 million and if posted, she will have to wear a GPS tether. Her next court date is scheduled for March 28.

If convicted, she faces up to 15 years in prison for the operating while intoxicated causing death charge and up to five years for each of the operating while intoxicated causing serious injury charges.

Police said Usher was driving drunk south in the northbound lanes on Allen Road near Orchard Street in Southgate at 9:45 p.m. when she collided head-on with another vehicle.

A 44-year-old Port Huron woman, who was a passenger inside the vehicle that was hit, was killed in the crash, according to police.

An Allen Park woman, who was roughly two months pregnant was a passenger in the car, lost her child due to injuries suffered in the crash, according to police.

In addition, a 3-year-old Allen Park girl, who was in the backseat of the car suffered a broken clavicle and was being treated in the hospital, according to police.

A 52-year-old Port Huron man who was a passenger in the front seat suffered a spinal fracture, and the car's driver, a 31-year-old Allen Park man, was also taken to a hospital where he was treated for injuries, according to police.

"This case is yet another example of the proliferation of violence that occurs when someone is behind the wheel of a car and blatantly fails to follow the rules of the road," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement. "A car is yet another possible instrumentality of death — especially if one is allegedly not even sober enough to operate it."