BARRE, MASS. (WHDH) - A North Brookfield woman who is charged in a deadly Barre crash faced a judge Thursday morning.
Faith O’Rourke, 20, pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide and manslaughter while operating under the influence.
“Ms. O’Rourke – with a .13 alcohol level – struck a tree at 93 miles per hour on Route 62 in Barre,” Anthony Melia, Prosecutor, said.
The crash took place the day after Christmas last year.
Prosecutors say O’Rourke was driving under the influence last year when she crashed into a tree, killing two people in her car.
“These are serious allegations – there’s no doubt about that, but they’re allegations. Nothing has been proven, nothing has been tested,” Sean Gallagher, Defense Attorney, said.
O’Rourke was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail and is due back in court in June.
“One of the state cops had stopped, and I was talking to him, and he said the speedometer in the car was stuck on 93, and that’s how they knew that,” Ed Wadleigh said, who lives near the crash.
There is now a memorial where the two lives were lost.
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