Paramedics who treated Read at the scene told police she admitted to consuming alcohol, and she was taken to UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh. Young was pronounced dead at the scene and Collins was taken to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, according to the complaint. Police checked on the two women and found them to be unresponsive. Young had been riding in the front passenger seat and Collins was in the back seat, the complaint said.

Read told Callithen the women were just going for ice and asked him to help her friend, according to the complaint. He approached the car, and saw Read sitting in the driver’s seat. When Callithen got the scene, he saw a car inside the building.

Police said Officer Harry Callithen went to the CoGo’s shortly after midnight on May 17 after receiving a report that a vehicle had crashed into the building. “This is a type of tragedy that is difficult to put into words as two families are now forever changed by a heartbreaking accident.” Read’s immense sorrow likely pales in comparison to the grief that both the Collins and Young families suffer daily,” White said. Middlesex police couldn’t immediately be reached for additional comment. Read’s attorney Casey White said he and Read are aware of the charges, and she will be arraigned Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Sue Haggerty in Saxonburg. Online court records show Read is also charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, involuntary manslaughter, DUI and driving violations. The impact from the crash killed her two passengers, Kimberly Young and Patricia Collins, the complaint said. Police say Diane Elizabeth Read, 37, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.166% - more than twice the legal limit - when she crashed into the CoGo’s on Route 8 in Middlesex Township on May 17. A Middlesex Township woman accused of driving under the influence of alcohol has been charged with homicide by vehicle after police say she crashed her car into a convenience store and killed her two passengers earlier this year, according to a criminal complaint.

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