A Portland woman who was driving under the influence before a head-on collision that killed her 5-year-old daughter was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 3, to three years in prison.
Amber Shaleene Gonzalez-Riddle, 29, pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to criminally negligent homicide, two counts of third-degree assault and driving under the influence of intoxicants. The collision took place Nov. 20, 2022, on Highway 58, about 25 miles east of Oakridge, according to published reports.
The collision killed Zahavah Townsend, who had not been properly secured in a booster seat and instead sat with a lap belt across her stomach in the back seat of the vehicle driven by Gonzalez-Riddle, according to a sentencing memorandum…