Greendale Woman Faces Felony Charge in 2011 Crash in Greenfield

A 28-year-old Greendale woman is facing felony operating while intoxicated charges after she allegedly slammed her car into an SUV at a Greenfield intersection while driving after taking Oxycodone with her 3-year-old daughter in the back seat.

Sommer C. Hayes was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of fourth offense OWI within five years. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Feb. 24, 2011, a man in Chevrolet suburban was stopped while in the left lane of West Loomis Road and West Layton Avenue, when Hayes slammed her car into the rear and side of his SUV. The man suffered minor injuries and his son was also in the vehicle.

Hayes got out of her car and talked to the victim after the accident, saying she was distracted when she went to pick something off the floor in the rear of her car for her daughter when the accident occurred. However, when officers arrived they noticed her pupils were constricted and she was very lethargic.

She told officers she had taken some prescription pills about an hour before driving. Hayes was then given a field sobriety test, which she failed and was taken for a blood test that revealed she had Oxycodone in her system.

Hayes was previously convicted of OWI in 2004, 2005 and 2011. She will make her initial appearance in court Feb. 16.