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Intoxicated CT Woman Caused Wrong-Way Head-On Crash That Sent Dad, Child To Hospital: Cops

A Connecticut woman who collided with an oncoming car while driving the wrong way on a New Haven County highway, sending a father and child to the hospital, was intoxicated at the time of the crash, authorities said. 

Andrea Lynn Marseglia

Andrea Lynn Marseglia

Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police

New Haven County resident Andrea Lynn Marseglia, age 39, of Orange, faces multiple charges including operating under the influence, reckless endangerment, driving the wrong way, and endangering a child, Connecticut police said. 

Police were called to Route 8 in Bethany just before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, to reports of a head-on collision between a White Lexus and a Nissan Maxima. 

Paramedics took the father and 14-year-old girl in the Maxima to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Marseglia appeared to be intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests, police said. 

She was arrested and later released on a $5,000 bond, a police report said. She'll return to court on Sept. 11.

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