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Woman charged with intoxication manslaughter after deadly wrong-way crash on North Freeway

A 26-year-old woman has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter in connection to this crash.

HOUSTON — A woman has been charged after police said she drove the wrong way on a Houston freeway and caused a wreck that killed two people. 

Police have identified the woman as 26-year-old Sarah Gay. She has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter after allegedly driving the wrong way on I-45/North Freeway early Sunday morning and causing a deadly three-car crash.

According to Houston police, Gay was driving a black Dodge Charger the wrong way on the freeway and struck a black Kia Rio and gray Kia Soul. The two people in the Kia Rio, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, were pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Kia Soul was taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threating injuries. 

Gay was also taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Police said she showed signs of impairment and was ultimately charged. 

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