Adacia Chambers, a 25-year-old who drove her car into a crowd of spectators at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, faces charges of second degree murder as well as a DUI charge, according to Yahoo! News. The accident killed four people at the parade and injured many more.
Chambers’ attorney, Tony Coleman, said at a press conference that he ruled alcohol out as a factor in the crash, but said that his client possibly suffers from mental illness which could have contributed to the accident. Police are still waiting for test results to determine if alcohol or drugs were in Chambers’ system.
“She doesn’t remember a whole lot about what happened,” Coleman said. “There was a period where I think … she could have even blacked out.”
Oklahoma State University students and faculty in the meantime are banding together during the difficult times. CNN reports that the president of the university, Burns Hargis, made a statement calling the crash an “incomprehensible tragedy.”