18-year-old woman driving drunk crashes into light pole and tree, killing 16-year-old and breaking the spine of another passenger: Cops

Inset: Arissa Adams (Potter County Sheriff's Office). Background: The 1900 artifact of Port Lane successful Amarillo, Texas (Google Maps).

An 18-year-old pistillate was driving drunk with her friends erstwhile she crashed into a airy rod and tree, causing the decease of 1 of her passengers and breaking the spine of another, authorities successful Texas say.

Arissa Adams is charged with intoxication manslaughter with a conveyance and 2 counts of intoxication battle with a vehicle, according to Potter County jailhouse records reviewed by Law&Crime. She is being detained successful the Potter County Detention Center.

On Wednesday astatine astir 10:30 p.m., Adams was driving with 3 different people, according to an apprehension study obtained by determination ABC affiliate KVII. The suspect allegedly said aboriginal that they had stolen intoxicant from a Toot'n Totum convenience store.

The radical was driving adjacent the 1900 artifact of Port Lane successful Amarillo, Texas, a metropolis successful the bluish portion of the state.

One rider reportedly said that they were drinking and were drunk. Adams seemingly mislaid power portion turning the vehicle, causing them to permission the roadway and deed a airy rod and a tree.

Three of the 4 radical successful the conveyance were thrown from it, including Adams, the apprehension study states. A 16-year-old rider sitting successful the backmost died; the passenger's individuality is unclear.

The front-seat rider suffered a breached ankle, and the different rider successful the backmost of the conveyance — who was not ejected — suffered a breached spine, the country TV presumption reported.

The Amarillo Police Department responded to the country aft the crash. Authorities noted that Adams appeared "highly intoxicated" and had glassy eyes, slurred speech, and an odor of intoxicant astir her.

Several unfastened containers of intoxicant were seemingly successful the vehicle, too.

The suspect initially said idiosyncratic other had been driving but near aft the crash, according to authorities, but constabulary learned Adams was really the driver. She was past arrested and charged.

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