Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse woman charged with driving while intoxicated and manslaughter after a fatal crash Saturday was driving on a suspended license, police said.
Takisha T. Hordge, 25, was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and marijuana and causing a crash that fatally injured Gloria Hill, 59, police said in court documents.
At the time of the crash, Hordge’s license was suspended, police said. The suspension was a result of Hordge’s failure to pay a DMV driver assessment fee, prosecutor Frank Pelosi said.
The assessment fee is required for drivers convicted of drug or alcohol driving offenses or drivers who accumulate six or more points on their driving record, according to the DMV website. It could not be immediately determined why Hordge faced the fee, Pelosi said she does not appear to have a past DWI conviction.
Around 2:21 a.m., Hordge was driving a 2018 Toyota Highlander east on Catawba Street on Syracuse’s North Side when she went through a red light at the North Salina Street intersection, Syracuse police said in the court documents.
Hordge collided with a 2012 Chevrolet Impala driven by a 47-year-old man with Hill sitting in the passenger seat, police said. Hill later died from her injuries.
Hordge and the Impala driver were taken to hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
After the crash, Hordge admitted to officers she had consumed alcohol and marijuana earlier that night, police said. Alcohol containers were found on the passenger side of the car, police said. Hordge was also found in possession of marijuana.
She did not complete standard field sobriety tests due to her injuries, police said. Instead, she was tested with an alco-sensor which showed the presence of alcohol.
Once Hordge was released from the hospital, she was booked in the Onondaga County Justice Center jail. She later posted a $50,000 bail bond and was released from custody.
Hordge was arrested and charged with:
- Second-degree manslaughter
- Second-degree vehicular manslaughter
- Second-degree assault
- Driving while intoxicated
- First-degree aggravated unlicensed operation
- Reckless driving
Pelosi said that the first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation is set to be reduced to a third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. He said the original charge was a mistake.
In August 2020, Hordge was arrested following a fight in Syracuse where a 16-year-old was shot in the leg and two other people were injured. In March 2021, she pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to time she had already served in jail awaiting trial.
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