According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) about three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. That is a statistic that hit very close to home when 19-year-old Gordon College Student Brittany Elaine Weiss was struck broadside while driving her 2008 Scion home from a Canton movie theatre during the holidays. Charged with a DUI and first-degree vehicular homicide, Stephen Patrick Wauschek of Canton, is being held in a Cherokee County jail on a $318,000 bail that has temporarily been put on hold due to some outstanding fines and charges. Weiss was pronounced dead at the scene and a passenger, Kassandra Aileen Carman, 19, was injured and transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Ms. Weiss was an avid theatre and film fan and had gone to a late showing of “Valkyrie.” Friends remember her as a very happy person who always had a smile on her face.
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