A mother killed her son and injured two others in a horrifying car crash she allegedly caused by driving high on drugs and on the wrong side of the road.
Kerri Bedrick, 32, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated along with a long list of other crimes after she walked away from the wreck on Long Island.
Her nine-year-old son Eli Henrys was strapped into the back seat and died before he made it to hospital on Thursday morning.
Bedrick was zooming the wrong way down the Southern State Parkway in Bay Shore when cops tried to pull her over but she refused to stop, police alleged.
Her 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SUV collided about 2.20am with another car head-on hard enough that her vehicle’s engine was launched into trees nearby.
Two more cars were caught up in the pile-up, injuring two of the other drivers – Haydee Meyer, 29, in a 2018 Mercedes and David Picard, 24, in a 2011 Honda.
The third driver, John Rotondi, 64, in a 2019 Chevrolet pickup truck, wasn’t hurt.
Bedrick suffered non-life threatening injuries and was standing outside the car when police arrived, and taken to hospital.
She was led out of Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip in handcuffs by New York State Police troopers, looking groggy and disheveled.
NYSP charged her with aggravated unlicensed driving, operating a vehicle while impaired by drugs, aggravated DWI with a passenger less than 16 years old, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal possession of a stimulant.
Bedrick is not yet facing any charges over Eli’s death. DailyMail.com asked the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office is the charges would be upgraded.
‘The state troopers did their best to save the boy’s life and this was a traumatic experience for all involved,’ New York State Police Major Stephen Udice said.
‘To give you an idea of the severity of the impact, the engine of the wrong-way driving vehicle was thrown from that vehicle into the woods some distance from the collision point itself.’
Bedrick’s mother Diane Bedrick said the accused drugged driver was struggling with some medical issues in recent months and was taking prescription medication.
‘[Eli] was such a sweet boy and had a long life ahead of him. She adored him and he was everything to her,’ she told Newsday.
‘They’re both loved and we’re trying to get through this.’
Bedrick was arraigned in Suffolk County First District Court on Friday.