Police say a Corbin woman was intoxicated with her juvenile nephew in the car as a passenger when she caused a three-car crash on Gordon Hill last Friday that resulted in two people being injured.
Thirty-four-year-old Natalie Hall was arrested and charged with DUI, failure to use child safety seat, no insurance, two counts of possession of controlled substances, reckless driving and first-degree wanton endangerment following an investigation into the crash.
The wreck occurred just after 1 p.m. Friday when Hall, driving a BMW 325i and travelling west on West Gordon Street, sideswiped an SUV and collided, head-on with a Pontiac G6.
A witness in the car behind Hall’s vehicle said Hall appeared to be slumped over just before the collision.
The driver of the Pontiac and a small child who was riding in a car seat in the back were both transported to Baptist Health Corbin for treatment.
According to Rob Jones, Public Information Officer for the Corbin Police Department, Hall told police that she had taken Suboxone — a drug commonly used to treat narcotic addiction — just prior to the accident and had used methamphetamine and Xanax, a prescription anti-anxiety drug, a day or so prior. Authorities discovered drug paraphernalia, Suboxone strips and some type of round orange pills on her while investigating the crash.
Hall was lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center where she remains in lieu of a $5,000 bond pending a trial on the charges.
