Agustin Macias-Marquez is due in court Tuesday on charges related to the DUI accident resulting in the death of a Shippensburg woman on Dec. 31. He is charged with homicide by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of aggravated assault while DUI, DUI with a high rate of alcohol, and a stop sign violation.

Macias-Marquez, 27, Waynesboro, was the lone occupant of a Ford Expedition involved in a two-car accident at 12:18 a.m. New Year's Eve morning at the intersection of McKinley Street and Cleveland Avenue in Chambersburg. According to the affidavit filed by police, the man had "a strong odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath" and admitted he went through the stop sign on Cleveland Avenue without stopping, causing the accident.

Both vehicles had extensive damage, and occupants of the other car involved, a Saturn sedan, couldn't get out due to extensive damage.

One of the occupants of the Saturn was pronounced dead as soon as she arrived at the Chambersburg Hospital emergency room: Heather Coble, 25, Shippensburg was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck according to Chambersburg Police Department. According to police the other two occupants in the Saturn were badly injured and they were both flown out by helicopter to York Shock Trauma.

Macias-Marquez was transported to Chambersburg Hospital for his injuries. At the hospital he was asked through a translator for a sample of his blood and agreed to give the sample. At 4:53 a.m. his blood sample showed a .


143 blood alcohol content.