LONGMONT, Colo.—A 32-year-old Boulder woman suspected of causing a fatal car wreck and then trying to swim across a lake to escape has been charged with first-degree murder.
Lisa Norton is accused of driving her pickup truck into a car driven by 33-year-old Gabriel Nielsen of Boulder. The accident occurred Saturday in Longmont.
The Longmont Times-Call reports that prosecutors charged Norton Thursday with first-degree murder showing extreme indifference and several other charges, including vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.
Nielsen’s passengers, his sister and his 2-year-old daughter, were seriously injured.
Court records obtained by the Times-Call show Norton was sentenced to a year’s probation for a DUI arrest just two days before the accident. She is being held in jail on $1 million bond.
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Information from: Daily Times-Call,
