ALBANY — An Albany woman accused of driving drunk when her car hit a guardrail, launching the vehicle nearly 200 feet and killing two passengers, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide on Tuesday.
Imahjai Sutherland, 25, faces 6⅔ to 20 years in prison at her sentencing on May 27, according to the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. She pleaded guilty to the felony charge before Judge Christopher Maier in Albany County Court.
Sutherland was driving a Mazda SUV on Interstate 90 around 4 a.m. on Oct. 12 when she tried to travel down the southbound ramp toward Interstate 787, the district attorney’s office said. Her vehicle hit a guardrail, launched 197 feet and fell into an embankment along I-787 south. State Police said troopers came upon the crash scene while investigating another crash that morning. Troopers said they observed “signs of intoxication” and ordered tests to determine the alcohol content level in Sutherland’s blood…