ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD. (THECOUNT) — Asia Lashae Bryant-Pelloni, of Bowie, Maryland, has been identified as the suspected DUI driver arrested in a Saturday morning multi-vehicle fatal crash in Anne Arundel County.
Pelloni, 30, was arrested and charged with negligent vehicular homicide while under the influence, vehicular homicide while impaired by alcohol, negligent vehicular manslaughter and related charges, in a Saturday morning five-vehicle crash near Glen Burnie that killed Brian Mahaney, 68, of Annapolis.
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According to Maryland State Police, troopers from the Glen Burnie Barrack responded to southbound Interstate 97 at Route 32 for a report of a five-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2009 Honda Accord, operated by Pelloni, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-97 when she crashed into a 2012 Ford Fiesta that was traveling south on the same road around 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
Attempting to avoid that crash, the driver of a 2017 Honda CRV swerved before crashing into a 2019 Nissan Sentra. The fifth vehicle, a 2013 Cadillac SRX, collided into debris associated with the crash.
Mahaney, a passenger in the Ford, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pelloni was arrested at the scene and transported to the Glen Burnie Barrack for processing. She was transported to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center, where she awaits an initial appearance before a District Court Commissioner.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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