A Bridgewater woman was convicted this week in a 2011 fatal drunken driving case that killed an Easton woman and injured a Sharon couple.News partner The Enterprise reports Patricia Neville-Colp, 51, of Bridgewater, was convicted of vehicular homicide while driving drunk, two counts of causing serious bodily injury while driving drunk and negligent driving.At her sentencing on July 15, she faces up to 2½ years on on each drunk driving count and two years for negligent driving.On Sept. 10, 2011, Neville-Colp was merging onto Route 24 in Randolph after leaving a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in the town when she slammed into Maureen Ellis, 57, of Easton, who was traveling south with her sister and brother-in-law.Police said it took Neville-Colp six tries to do a Breathalyzer test more than an hour after the crash. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.13 percent, more than 50 percent over the limit.A partially burnt marijuana cigarette was also found on the floor of the car in front of the driver's seat.

A Bridgewater woman was convicted this week in a 2011 fatal drunken driving case that killed an Easton woman and injured a Sharon couple.

News partner The Enterprise reports Patricia Neville-Colp, 51, of Bridgewater, was convicted of vehicular homicide while driving drunk, two counts of causing serious bodily injury while driving drunk and negligent driving.


At her sentencing on July 15, she faces up to 2½ years on on each drunk driving count and two years for negligent driving.

On Sept. 10, 2011, Neville-Colp was merging onto Route 24 in Randolph after leaving a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in the town when she slammed into Maureen Ellis, 57, of Easton, who was traveling south with her sister and brother-in-law.

Police said it took Neville-Colp six tries to do a Breathalyzer test more than an hour after the crash. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.13 percent, more than 50 percent over the limit.

A partially burnt marijuana cigarette was also found on the floor of the car in front of the driver's seat.