The woman responsible for causing a fatal crash on Tampa’s Crosstown Expressway pled guilty to DUI manslaughter charges Wednesday and will now await her DUI sentence, which will be handed down October 27. Cheryl Riemann has now admitted to killing Jennifer O’Boyle and seriously injuring then-4-year-old Summer Moll. The young girl has spent most of the last two years since the crash undergoing surgeries and treatment for her injuries.

Riemann had a trial date set for Monday but instead decided to plead guilty during a Wednesday hearing. The family of the young girl was hoping they would not have to go through a trial according to My Fox Tampa Bay and it seems like that will be the case. Moll’s grandmother has asked that the young child be present at the sentencing so that Riemann can see the devastation she has caused the child.
According to the story Riemann was driving drunk on the wrong side of the Tampa highway when she collided with O’Boyle’s car. Troopers who responded to the crash felt Riemann was drunk at the time of the accident. The guilty plea to DUI manslaughter charges will carry a sentence of between 12 and 23 years according to the article on the news station’s website.
Riemann was arrested in September of 2008 after blood tests taken at Tampa General Hospital put her blood-alcohol level at more than three times the legal limit. Video evidence showed the then-25-year-old running over cones at a toll plaza before heading the wrong way on the highway. Riemann apparently drove more than 2 miles in the wrong direction at 2:00 in the afternoon on a Wednesday before crashing into O’Boyle’s 1998 Pontiac. O’Boyle was just 24 when she died. Moll had a shattered leg and also had swelling in her brain. Riemann had previous traffic citations including one in 2005 for driving without a license.