Conway mother crashes after overdosing at the wheel with baby in back seat, cops say
A Conway mother overdosed on heroin and had a seizure while driving with her 1-year-old child in the back seat Monday afternoon, a police report states.
Hannah Caroline Holmes, 24, of Conway, is charged with driving under the influence, child endangerment and drug paraphernalia after Conway police say she crashed into a brick column near the intersection of Plantation Circle and Long Avenue Extension about 1:40 p.m.
Officers went to Conway Hospital to meet with Holmes after the crash. Police said Holmes overdosed and began to have a seizure at the time of the wreck.
Holmes told police she injected a dose of heroin before she left her home to go to a gas station with her 1-year-old child, authorities said. On the way back home, she said she fell asleep at the wheel, the report states.
Authorities said Holmes had a needle on her person and pinpoint pupils similar to a person under the influence of narcotics.
This story was originally published January 30, 2019 at 1:12 PM.
