An Indiana woman who was responsible for a fatal, multi-vehicle car crash that killed a 6-year-old boy was high on methamphetamine and doing her makeup in the mirror at the time, police said.

According to court records, 43-year-old Khristal Grant was taken into custody on Saturday, months after she allegedly rear-ended a Ford Explorer that was carrying 6-year-old James Doniven Hodges and his grandparents on Nov. 9, 2024. The Explorer was sent into oncoming traffic after the impact, causing it to collide with another car. Several people were injured and taken to local hospitals. James, who was going to celebrate his seventh birthday later that month, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Grant was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death.

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