ANN ARBOR, MI (THECOUNT) — Andre Edwards has been identified as the Michigan woman arrested on murder and other charges after her SUV slammed into the rear of a disabled Ypsilanti Twp school bus, killing two people at the end of May.
Edwards, 25, was taken in custody in suburban Detroit on Tuesday. She is facing two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death, three counts of child abuse and other charges.
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She’s being held on $500,000 bond following her arraignment Wednesday.
The May 29 crash killed 42-year-old tow truck driver Nader Chehadi of Ypsilanti and 28-year-old Antoinette Butler of Ypsilanti, who was a passenger in the SUV. Three children in Edwards’ SUV were injured.
Police say Chehadi was behind the school bus at the time. No students were on the bus at the time of the crash.