Woman accused of causing deadly crash while running from police facing additional charges

A woman accused of causing a deadly crash in Montgomery County has been indicted on additional charges.

Melissa Hutchins, 50, of Dayton was indicted on additional charges of aggravated vehicular manslaughter (driving under suspension) and operating a vehicle under the influence (cocaine).

Hutchins was already indicted earlier this month on one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, three counts of failure to comply, and one count of possession of cocaine.

As News Center 7 previously reported, Hutchins is accused of running from Butler Township police in the construction zone on I-75 and taking off again when deputies spotted her three hours later.

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A detective used stop sticks and cruiser camera footage showed a tire smoking then detaching and flying backward. The chase lasted just over three minutes on SR-49 South.

Hutchins lost control, the SUV spinning through two complete 360s, but she took off again and ran through the red light at West Third Street.

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