CASPER - A 34-year-old Casper woman faces charges in Casper Circuit Court for the Nov. 7 wrong-way crash on CY Avenue that killed a 43-year-old Casper mother of two and injured her father.

Carissa Westphal appeared in Casper Circuit Court Thursday to face charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence with serious bodily injury and two counts of reckless endangering.

An affidavit in the case from Casper Police Det. Jonathan Schlager states that Casper Police responded to CY Avenue near the entrance to Tractor Supply along with law enforcement agencies and first-responders at just after 9 p.m. on Nov. 7.

They found wreckage of a near head-on collision between a red Nissan Altima and gray Toyota RAV4.

Westphal was driving the Nissan and Mandy Butler, 43, of Caspe

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