Lenawee County woman charged in fatal drunk driving crash [Video]

TECUMSEH TOWNSHIP (WWJ) A Lenwawee County woman was arrested and charged with a summertime drunk-driving crash that killed a 72-year-old man and left a woman in critical condition, State Police said.

According to a social media statement; Michigan State Police arrested Holly Dewitt Schmidt, 38 of Tecumseh, without incident and housed her at the Lenawee County Jail on Wednesday, December 11th.

She was charged with one count of operating while intoxicated causing death and one count of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury.

Schmidt was arraigned on Thursday, December 12th. She was given a $75,000 bond.

Michigan State Police Monroe Post troopers were called to the scene of the two-vehicle crash in Tecumseh Township on Wednesday, August 14th around 9:30 p.m. Their preliminary on-site investigation revealed the victims’ GMC Terrain was heading northbound on Tecumseh Clinton Highway near Allen Road, when Schmidt struck them in her blue Jeep Wrangler while traveling southbound; State Police said.

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