Mother Charged with DWI in Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Her 9-Year-Old Son [Video]

A 9-year-old boy died after his mother was allegedly driving under the influence and crashed in a head-on collision in Suffolk County, N.Y., in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 22, the New York State Police said in a press release.

Kerri Bedrick, 32, allegedly fled an attempted traffic stop on Southern State Parkway by a Suffolk County deputy sheriff around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, police said. The officer noticed Bedrick when she was driving her Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross car westbound in the eastbound lanes. Bendrick’s son, Eli D. Henrys, was in the car.

The officer tried to pull her over, but Bedrick did not stop, per the police press release. 

The deputy decided to forgo the attempts to pull her over and instead follow her while in the correct flow of traffic in the westbound lanes.

Eventually, the deputy then switched back to the eastbound lanes and then encountered a four-car crash at exit 42.

Upon the deputy’s …