An 18-year-old Casper woman is facing up to 20.5 years in prison, on claims she caused her friend’s death by recklessly smashing a Toyota Avalon into two bull elk outside Saratoga in July.

Gennavieve Boomer’s case rose to the felony-level in Carbon County District Court this week.

Carbon County Attorney Sarah Chavez Harkins charged Boomer July 30 with one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Boomer also faces one count of reckless driving (up to six months in jail and $750 in fines) and one count of speeding at 101 mph in a 70-mph zone ($145 in fines).

The charges stem from the July 14 death of Sammantha Brooks, 18, who was ejected from the Avalon after it hit two bull elk on Wyoming Highway 487 near Saratoga

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