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Drunk driver kills pregnant woman, baby critical condition

July 6, 2012

Karlisha L. Randolph, 24-year-old pregnant woman, died overnight after an impaired driver ran a red light at a Phoenix intersection and caused a rollover.
Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department said, Randolph’s baby was delivered successfully, but was in critical condition.

A 21-year-old man was driving south on 35th Avenue when he turned in front of a city bus and then drove west on Dunlap Avenue. The man turned back onto 39th Avenue and was driving south when he ran a red light on Northern Avenue and struck Randolph’s car. The accident caused the vehicle to roll over, Thompson said. The 21-year-old man was taken to a hospital where he was seen for non-life-threatening injuries.

Randolph’s 43-year-old mother was driving Randolph, who was nine months pregnant, and Randolph’s two minor sons. All four were taken to a hospital. Randolph’s mother and the two children do not have life-threatening injuries, police said.

Another collision took place at the same intersection while police were investigating the first collision. A 45-year-old man drove past traffic barricades into the scene. The man then crashed his vehicle into two of the investigators’ vehicles, Thompson said. The 45-year-old man was also thought to be impaired and was hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening, Thompson said.

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