Woman charged in fatal wrong-way crash
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A woman driving the wrong way on the highway when her car crashed into a motorcycle, killing a newlywed couple, has been charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, authorities said.
Robbie Moore had a blood alcohol level of 0.2, police Lt. Wayne Drummond said Saturday. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08.
Moore, 29, of Warrensville Heights, was driving with a suspended license about 1 a.m. Thursday when police said her 1995 Ford Taurus crashed head-on into a motorcycle near downtown.
The motorcycle's riders, Jeffrey Bliss, 25, and his wife, Ann Marie Roalofs Bliss, 20, were thrown into the air and over the median wall. They died at the scene.
Police said Moore entered Interstate 71 near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and drove north in the southbound lanes for more than 8 miles. Once downtown, she merged onto the innerbelt, traveling east in the westbound lanes.
Officers were looking for Moore when the accident happened because several drivers had called 911.
"It's just shocking that she drove that far," said Jeffrey Bliss' aunt, Ruby Buck. "We don't understand how that could happen."
Moore's driver's license has been suspended several times. She has been convicted of failing to show a driver's license and having expired plates, records show.
She also faces charges of driving with a suspended license and contempt of court, Drummond said.