A woman is pleading no contest to charges related to a March crash on US-131

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A woman has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a crash on US-131 earlier this year.

According to police, the accident occurred on March 31 near the Wealthy Street exit when an SUV rear-ended a sedan. Officers who arrived at the scene of the accident found an overturned vehicle and another car on fire.

There were five people in the SUV at the time, including a one-year-old child who was uninjured. Three other people were taken to hospital.

Speed ​​and alcohol are suspected to have contributed to the accident.

Ericka Horan, 20, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of second-degree child abuse and two counts of operating under the influence resulting in serious injury, according to the Kent County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange, other charges were dropped.

A date for Horan’s sentencing hearing has not yet been set.

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