The alleged drunken driver accused of crashing her SUV into a Michigan boat club, fatally striking two siblings over the weekend, appeared in court Tuesday with her right arm in a cast.
Marshella Chidester, 66, was in court facing eight counts following Saturday’s deadly crash that killed 8-year-old Alanah Phillips and her 5-year-old brother, Zayn.
Chidester appeared at her arraignment in 1st District Court in Monroe, Michigan, with her right arm in a cast from just above the elbow to her fingers.
She faces two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death and four counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious injuries.
Chidester was ordered held on $1.5 million bond, as requested by the prosecutor, according to ClickOnDetroit.
Defense attorney Bill Colovos countered that Chidester’s bond should be $100,000.
Colovos claimed Chidester only had one glass of wine and a bowl of chili four hours before the fatal crash and had suffered from “epileptic-type seizures in her legs” since November, according to the outlet.
“This is not a monster,” Colovos said. “It’s horrible what happened, but there are some things we don’t have control over.”
Chidester is accused of killing the two young siblings and injuring 13 others during a birthday party at a Michigan boat club Saturday.
The horror unfolded around 3 p.m. when the 66-year-old woman drove 25 feet through the Swan Creek Boat Club, where the kids and their parents were enjoying the festivities, Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough previously said.
With Post wires
