Driver who hit horse-drawn buggy was on drugs, using Snapchat before fatal crash
A 21-year-old woman admitted to texting, using Snapchat and taking drugs before getting behind the wheel and causing a March crash that killed a 14-year-old and seriously injured two others in Central Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Police said. Tabitha L. Foultz, of Shippensburg, was charged Monday with vehicular homicide, aggravated assault by vehicle and numerous related offenses in connection to a March 3 crash in Southampton Township, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Foultz was driving at about 8:46 a.m. on the 1200 block of Ritner Highway (Route 11) when she hit a horse-and-buggy, state police said. When troopers arrived at the scene, they discovered a 14-year-old ejected from the buggy and lying in the roadway. The “severely damaged” buggy was on the northbound side of the road. The 14-year-old was taken to Penn State Hershey Medical Center but died three days later as a result of blunt force trauma. One of the victims with serious injuries was 6 years old, state police said.
Foultz told the troopers she took amphetamines the night before the crash. Blood tests showed she also had marijuana in her system. Foultz admitted to using Snapchat while driving and signed a waiver allowing state police to search her phone. A search of her phone revealed she was texting and using Snapchat while driving.
Foultz — who originally said she “briefly used her cell phone — later admitted she was looking down at her phone for three minutes prior to the crash, and said she was not watching the road at the time of the crash. A man driving behind Foultz said she did not step on the brakes before her Ford Focus hit the buggy, the court documents said.
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