OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WDNews) – Connie Brown-Menzies has been convicted in a DUI crash that killed her 8-year-old son, and seriously injured two of her other children.
While Brown-Menzies is an Alabama resident, the wreck happened on March 1, 2021, in Okaloosa County, Florida.
A Florida jury on Friday convicted Connie Brown-Menzies of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing property damage and injury, felony DUI, and two counts of DUI causing serious body injury, according to a Monday statement from State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden.
This is Brown-Menzies’ third DUI conviction, Madden said.
Brown-Menzies and her four children – ages 8, 7, 5, and 2 – were traveling from Evergreen to Niceville when the fatal crash happened.
Witnesses stated, and Florida Highway Patrol latr confirmed through conducting crash reconstruction, that Brown-Menzies was traveling southbound on Highway 4 through Baker when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit a northbound vehicle head-on.
Madden said the investigation revealed that at the time of the crash, Brown-Menzies had a bottle of vodka in her car, her blood alcohol level was a .24 and at least two of her four children were not properly restrained within the vehicle.
Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
Brown-Menzies is facing maximum life in prison due to this being her third DUI conviction.
