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Amanda Buxton Arraigned On Charges Of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Pleads Not Guilty
Buxton has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with a November 2012 car crash in Shaker Heights that left one dead.
Amanda Buxton -- the South Euclid woman accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash in Shaker Heights -- was arraigned Friday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
She faces two charges of aggravated vehicular homicide -- the victim in both charges is Shaker Heights resident Brian Horvich -- as well as counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and drug possession.
The drug Buxton is accused of possessing is medication she didn't have a prescription for.
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Buxton, 22, pleaded not guilty to the indictment and Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold continued her bond of $5,000.
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The crash happened just before 2 a.m. Nov. 15 at the intersection of Warrensville Center Road and Fairmount Boulevard in Shaker Heights. According to prosecutors, Buxton crashed into a tree.
Police said that Horwich, who was 25, was in the back seat of the car. Buxton, who was driving, and a front-seat passenger survived.
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