Driver in OSU homecoming crash being held on manslaughter complaint, DA says. Drug use alleged

The driver of the car that crashed into a crowd killing four and injuring dozens at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade Saturday is being held on manslaughter charges at the district attorney’s request.

Adacia Avery Chambers, 25, was arrested on a complaint of driving under the influence after the crash Saturday morning.

Payne County District Attorney Laura Austin Thomas said that Chambers is now being held on four manslaughter charges, and will likely be charged with driving under the influence of drugs. Alcohol is not thought to have been involved.

Bail has not been set, Thomas said, and Chambers will likely address bond conditions before a judge Monday afternoon.

"A drunk driver will blow straight past a stop sign. A high driver will wait for the stop sign to turn green!"

prove it.....prove that every drunk driver blows thru a stop sign but the potted up driver will just slow down....there is absolutely no proof of that...

you pot people have such quaint little notions about your habit....

prove it.....prove that every drunk driver blows thru a stop sign but the potted up driver will just slow down....there is absolutely no proof of that...

you pot people have such quaint little notions about your habit....

You anti-pot people like to make assumptions. Just because someone supports legalization doesn't mean they automatically smoke it. I have a 40% chance to be drug tested each month for Guard, not including any jobs that might require it. I don't even like it, doesn't taste good and I have a high natural tolerance. Plus beer is much better!

And please, that was a joke, not a fact about every drinker/smoker in the world. When's the last time you heard about someone being arrested for driving too slow, or 'obstruction to traffic' because they were just stopped in the road, due to them being drunk? And yet, I know two people who had police issues because they were high and stopped at an intersection for a while. People on pot rarely drive fast, they usually get paranoid or mellow. Neither of which allows someone to speed or drive aggressively.

I'm not saying pot doesn't have some bad side effects, but there's nothing it does that isn't worse than alcohol. And the potential medical benefits are there too. Oh, and the fact that the FedGov has no authorization to get involved in this kind of stuff. Last time I read the Constitution, there was nothing in there about marijuana, or pot, or MJ, or weed, or even drugs. The closest is Amendment 18/21. Which seems to set a precedent where the FedGov requires a Constitutional amendment to ban something like marijuana.

Thank you ever so much for the ping, dear Cowgirl!

As we suspected by her appearance she is cleared of drug-alcohol charges. This was all barbarous murder and injury, and deadly vicious insanity.

Thank you for keeping us posted. I will be following this to the end, as I know certainly you will be.

Best to you, and sympathies to you and your close knit community.

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