ST. JOHNS, Mich. (Court TV) — A 36-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 60 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash in May 2024 that killed two men and injured 14 members of their family, including eight children, as they walked along a rural road outside Lansing.

Ashley Marie Monroe, who was pregnant with her fifth child at the time of the incident, had a blood alcohol level of 0.195 — nearly two-and-a-half times the legal limit — and was on prescription medication when her vehicle plowed into the family group on May 18, 2024, prosecutors said. She declined to address the court before Judge Cori E. Barkman imposed the sentence, which was bound by a plea agreement that established the 30-year minimum.

Ashley Monroe appeared in court for sentencing after pleading no contest

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