Woman pleads no contest to charges stemming from crash on US-131 in March

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

According to police, the accident occurred March 31 near the Wealthy Street exit when an SUV rear-ended a sedan. When officers arrived at the scene, they found an overturned vehicle and another burning car.

There were five people in the SUV at the time, including a one-year-old who was uninjured. Three others were hospitalized.

Speed ​​and alcohol were suspected to be factors in the accident.

Ericka Horan, 20, pleaded no contest 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 Prosecutor's Office. In exchange, the other charges were dropped.

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

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