STILLWATER, Okla. – A woman facing second-degree murder charges after authorities said she plowed a car into the crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade may suffer from a mental illness and was not drinking alcohol before the crash, her lawyer said on Sunday.
Adacia Chambers, 25, was arrested after the crash on a driving while under the influence charge, and police said Sunday that she was also being held on four charges of second-degree murder.
Defense attorney Tony Coleman said Chambers did not smell of alcohol when he met her hours after the crash and did not appear to be someone who had been in a “drunken stupor.” Police are awaiting blood tests to determine if she was impaired by drugs or alcohol.
“I absolutely can rule out alcohol,” Coleman told a press conference, adding that he had spoken to her aunt, grandmother and boyfriend and all had said she was not drinking.
“She doesn’t remember a whole lot about what happened. There was a period where I think … she could have even blacked out,” Coleman said. Chambers only recalls people removing her from the car and being extremely confused, he said.