Wrong-Way Driver Indicted

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.- The woman who triggered a deadly wrong-way crash has now been indicted for vehicular homicide.

Friday, a grand jury charged Rebecca Benson for driving drunk when she went down the wrong-way on I-65 back in February.

Investigators say she slammed head-on into a van driven by 29-year-old Steffanie Leonard. She died at the scene. Police believe Benson was so inebriated, she thought she was in a taxi cab instead of her own car.

She could face eight to twelve years behind bars if convicted.

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