A Butler County woman who drove after drinking has already been punished by killing two of her friends when she crashed into a convenience store. Now, she’s going to jail. As the Butler Eagle reports, Diane Elizabeth Read, 38, of Valencia, Pa., was sentenced to serve two concurrent sentences of
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A Middlesex Township woman accused of driving under the influence of alcohol has been charged with homicide by vehicle after police say she crashed her car into a convenience store and killed her two passengers earlier this year, according to a criminal complaint.
Police say Diane Elizabeth Read, 37, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.166% more than twice the legal limit when she crashed into the CoGo’s on Route 8 in Middlesex Township on May 17.
The impact from the crash killed her two passengers, Kimberly Young and Patricia Collins, the complaint said.