From Scranton Times-Tribune
TAYLOR – A borough woman who was high and drunk when she caused a high-speed car crash that killed two women on Oak Street in July pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of third-degree homicide.
Sherry Hubert, 45, will face 15 to 40 years in prison as part of a sentence agreed to by her attorney, Jason Shrive, and the Lackawanna County district attorney’s office, said Deputy District Attorney Robert Klein, who is prosecuting the case.
Taylor police charged Ms. Hubert with 24 counts, including third-degree murder and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence for the July 21 crash, which resulted from her attempts to impress the children in her car by speeding up and down the hilly stretch of Oak Street.
After smoking marijuana and drinking two cans of Natural Ice beer the morning of July 21, Ms. Hubert first sped up Oak Street in an attempt to “jump the hills” to impress her three juvenile passengers, according to a criminal complaint ….MORE