Woman sentenced for wreck that killed 7

USA Today - June 14, 2001

An Indiana woman who prosecutors say was bent on suicide when she drove the wrong way on a highway was sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars for a head-on collision that killed seven people, including three of her children.  Judy Kirby, 32, was sentenced to 215 years in prison for driving her car into a minivan at an estimated 100 mph last year.  Three of Kirby’s children – ages 5, 9, and 12 were killed, along with her 10-year-old nephew and a father and his two teenage children in the minivan.  Prosecutors said Kirby was suicidal over her breakup with a boyfriend and in fear of being arrested on drug charges.  The defense had argued that a mistreated thyroid condition made Kirby paranoid and disoriented.