Kerri Bedrick, Centerpoint, NY Wrong way DUI driver was devoted to 9 year old son, Elias Henrys who was killed but tragically addicted to prescription pills.
A report has told of Kerri Bedrick, the wrong way DUI driver who crashed into 3 cars while being pursued by a Long Island sheriff’s patrol car only to end up killing her own 9 year old son, had been struggling with medical issues and was hooked on prescription drugs.
Diane Bedrick, the suspect DUI driver’s mother and grandmother of Elias D. Henrys also described her 32 year old daughter being ‘devoted’ to the 9 year old boy.
The comments come as Bedrick was scheduled to appear, Friday morning at a Suffolk County court to face a slew of charges, including, aggravated driving while impaired, after the deadly four-vehicle crash Thursday early morning along the South State Parkway.
‘She adored him and he was everything to her’
‘He was such a sweet boy and had a long life ahead of him,’ the relative told Newsday. ‘She adored him and he was everything to her.’
The grieving grandmother said her daughter, Kerri had been suffering from medical issues and was on prescription medication.
‘They’re both loved and we’re trying to get through this,’ she told the outlet.
Elias was found buckled in the back seat of Bedrick’s Mitsubishi SUV, which hit another vehicle head-on with such violent force its engine flew out and into the woods off the road, authorities said.
Medics and New York state troopers rushed Elias to a hospital, only for the 9 year old to die from his injuries, cops said.
The crash unfolded about 2:30 a.m. as Kerri Bedrick drove her SUV the wrong way along the eastbound Southern State Parkway near the Islip exit while trying to flee an attempted traffic stop by a Suffolk County deputy sheriff, according to a New York State Police in a press release.
The deputy stopped the wrong-way chase by switching into the westbound lanes, but Bedrick continued, crashing into oncoming traffic, the report states. It remained unclear why the mom resisted and refused to stop her vehicle.
Life forever shattered
Bedrick suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, as did the drivers of three other vehicles involved in the chain-reaction wreck, state cops said.
‘To give you an idea of the severity of the impact, the engine of the wrong-way-driving vehicle was thrown from that vehicle into the woods some distance from the collision point itself,’ said New York State Police Major Stephen Udice.
‘The state troopers did their best to save the boy’s life and this was a traumatic experience for all involved,’ Udice reiterated.
Come Friday, video showed a visibly groggy and despondent, Bedrick being escorted by police from a hospital to Friday’s initial court arraignment, her life forever shattered…
