Woman pleads not guilty to charges in March crash on US-131

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — A woman has pleaded no contest to charges related to a crash on US-131 earlier this year.

According to police, the crash happened on March 31 near the Wealthy Street exit when an SUV crashed into a sedan. Law enforcement officers who arrived at the scene of the accident found an overturned car and another car on fire.

There were five people in the SUV at that time, including a one-year-old child who was not injured. Three more were hospitalized.

Probably speed and alcohol led to the accident.

Erica Horan, 20, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of second-degree child abuse and two counts of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, according to the Kent County District Attorney’s Office. Instead, the other charges were dropped.

The date of Goran’s sentencing has not yet been determined.

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