Colonial Heights woman guilty in fatal crash with mo-ped

A Colonial Heights woman has pleaded guilty to killing one man and severely injuring another after colliding head-on with their mo-ped while intoxicated and traveling in the wrong lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway.

Megan Lean Brown, 25, pleaded guilty Monday in Chesterfield County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter while driving intoxicated, maiming while driving intoxicated and driving under the influence of alcohol. She faces a combined maximum prison term of 16 years when she is sentenced Jan. 20.

Brown was convicted of fatally injuring Frederick Scott Wall, 46, the mo-ped driver, and critically injuring Ricky Lynn Hill, 40, the passenger. The June 13 wreck took place in the 11200 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, just south of the state Route 288 interchange.

"She was going the wrong direction," said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Robert J. Fierro Jr.

According to evidence, Brown was traveling south in the northbound lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway about 3 a.m. when she collided head-on with Wall's mo-ped. Wall, who lived close by, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hill suffered significant injuries from which he is struggling to recover, Fierro said. They included fractured pelvis, head trauma, partial paralysis, and nerve and muscle damage. Rods and screws were attached to bones in both his legs, and pins were inserted into his foot.

Hill is using a wheelchair, cannot move his right arm and "essentially is not able to communicate verbally, " Fierro said.

Brown was returning to her Colonial Heights home from the Short Pump area when the wreck occurred.

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