'Troubled' mom, intentionally drove into oncoming traffic causing a crash that killed her and a passenger in another car, and critically injured her four-month-old son.

 A woman was traveling along a Michigan highway Tuesday evening with her four-month-old son in the car when police say she made an abrupt U-turn and drove into oncoming traffic, causing a fatal crash that ended two lives.
Jessica Leitner, 38, of Bay City, was pronounced dead at the scene, along with 54-year-old Ann Lynn Garske who was a passenger in a white 2017 Buick Lacrosse that was involved in the head-on collision.
Leitner's baby son, Jordan, was taken to a hospital in critical condition suffering from life-threatening injuries. The infant reportedly was not strapped into a car seat at the time of the crash.

Jordan Leitner. 

The crash also claimed the life of 54-year-old Ann Lynn Garske, who was a passenger in the Buick that was struck by Leitner's Chevy. 

Jessica Leitner, 38. 

George Garkse, Ann Lynn's Garske's 83-year-old father who was behind the wheel of the Buick, was also hospitalized with critical injuries, reported MLive.com.
Witnesses told Michigan State Police troopers that Leitner's silver 2003 Chevrolet Impala was traveling southbound on

Interstate 75 at around 5.10pm when the woman suddenly changed direction and headed north in the same lane.
Several vehicles managed to swerve out of the way before Leitner's Chevy careened into the Garskes' vehicle.

In the immediate aftermath of the collision, investigators said they did not know what might have prompted the 38-year-old mother to drive into oncoming traffic with her son in the car.
However, it has since emerged that Jessica Leitner had a troubled history that included alcohol-related traffic violations and domestic violence claims involving her on-again, off-again boyfriend.

Jordan was just a week old at the time, and his mother's blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.
Leitner was charged with DWI, child endangerment, driving without insurance and on a suspended license, and driving with an open intoxicant.
The mother-of-two was sentenced to 45 days in jail followed by a year of probation. She was released two days before Thanksgiving.
A year before she was pulled over for driving drunk, Leitner pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge for assaulting Drew Santos. She was sentenced to a 45-day jail term and eight months of probation, which was extended after she repeatedly violated the conditions of her supervised release by consuming alcohol.

A year before she was pulled over for driving drunk, Leitner pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge for assaulting Drew Santos. She was sentenced to a 45-day jail term and eight months of probation, which was extended after she repeatedly violated the conditions of her supervised release by consuming alcohol.
In April 2015, Santos was arrested for allegedly choking Leitner, who was pregnant at the time, and punching her to the point that he caused the woman to miscarry.
Santos told police Leitner, who was drunk on the night of the altercation, had been threatening to commit suicide by jumping in the river.

Amanda Anquetil, a friend of Leitner’s, told the paper that the woman, who also had a teenage son, had been struggling with alcohol addiction and on one occasion tried to talk her into a suicide pact.
As of Friday morning, investigators were still awaiting the results of toxicology tests on Jessica Leitner to determine if alcohol or drugs played a role in the fatal crash.
Meanwhile, George Garske’s granddaughter said in a Facebook post asking friends to pray for his survival, revealing that the critically octogenarian lost his wife of many years just three months ago, and now his daughter.

Cc Daily Mail