Knoxville Woman Facing DUI after Wrong-Way Crash on I-275 with Baby in Car, Report Says

Briana Bellman (Courtesy: KPD)

Knoxville Woman Facing DUI after Wrong-Way Crash on I-275 with Baby in Car, Report Says

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A Knoxville woman is facing charges after she and her baby got into a wrong-way crash on I-275 after she had been drinking.

WVLT reporting Briana Bellman is the suspect in the investigation after officers responded to the northbound lanes of I-275 near Heiskell Avenue on November 2nd and found Bellman had been driving south in the northbound lanes of the interstate when she hit another driver head-on.

Officers say she admitted to drinking before the crash and her two-month-old baby appeared uninjured, but Bellman was taken to the hospital with internal injuries.

No word yet on the condition of the other driver.

Bellman was cited for driving under the influence and charged with child abuse.

Briana Bellman (Courtesy: KPD)