DA Says Oklahoma Parade Deaths Seem Intentional...

[TeeYiYi]

A prosecutor says it appears that a woman accused of driving her car into a homecoming parade near Oklahoma State University did so "purposely."

Payne County District Attorney Laura Thomas said Monday that the evidence suggests that the deaths of four people during Saturday's parade were "an intentional act." She says Adacia Chambers drove around a barricade and ran a red light before hitting parade-goers and that she would have been able to see the crowd from far away.

Chambers is being held on four preliminary counts of second-degree murder.

Special District Judge Katherine Thomas set Chambers' bond at $1 million and ordered her to undergo a psychological evaluation.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-suspect-oklahoma-state-crash-due-court-34728063

I had a feeling this was coming.

TYY

[PoliticAverse]

1. "OSU Parade Crash Suspect's Lawyer Says She May Be Mentally Ill"

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/osu-parade-crash-suspects-lawyer-says-she-may-be-mentally-n451246

[TeeYiYi]

2. No doubt.

I wonder if she was on antidepressants or some new medication that she wasn't used to. She has a history of mental illness and was sent home early from work that day because her supervisors thought she might be on drugs.

She was seen leaving work, in tears. It was shortly thereafter that she crashed into the parade spectators. I shudder to think that she did it on purpose but maybe being humiliated and sent home from work flipped a switch in her...

TYY

[TeeYiYi]

3. Asked if anything was different about Chambers lately,...

...the co-worker said, “Nope, not at all. She worked this morning though and people said she ‘looked like she’s on drugs.'” Chambers was supposed to work from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., but was sent home early “because they thought she was on drugs.” Chambers also worked until “at least midnight” on Friday night.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/adacia-chambers-interview-oklahoma-state-car-crash-homecoming-parade-accident-driver/

I suspect the investigators are looking pretty hard at the company she worked for, for sending her packing in spite of their suspicions of inebriation and potential incapacitation.

I'm wondering about prescription medications for mental illness... Antidepressants have been known to make people suicidal.

TYY

[Behind the Aegis]

4. OK News tonight...

The police officer who arrested her, so take it for it's worth, says she told him she was trying to commit suicide. Looking at the crash, the possibility does lie with the idea she might have been trying to "end it all" and at that point, just didn't care. She may have had a psychotic break or, as you suggested, either just started meds or needed them or quit taking them. It is a tragedy, nonetheless.