WTTV, a CBS affiliate in Indianapolis, is reporting that Frankfort teenager Alia Sierra of Frankfort, who is accused of crashing her car into a home and killing two sisters in Clinton County back in July 2017, will be tried as an adult.
An appeals court ruled Monday that Sierra, who is now 18 years old, will face charges as an adult for the crash that killed 17-year-old Haleigh Fullerton and 8-year-old Callie Fullerton.
Police arrested Sierra after her car crashed into the living room where the sisters were watching television. Their mother was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries. Police said Sierra was high on opiates at the time of the crash and investigators said Sierra was going more than 100 miles an hour when she lost control of the car.
Charges that Sierra would face as an adult include two counts of reckless homicide, two counts of causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in the blood, two counts of causing death while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, causing serious bodily injury while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, causing serious bodily injury while operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in the body, criminal recklessness and criminal mischief.
Her pretrial date is set for August 18 and her trial is scheduled for September 24.