Crime & Safety

Darriean Hess Allegedly On Four Drugs During Fatal Crash

Hess, 19, has been indicted on eight charges — including negligent homicide — and the indictments claim Hess was under the influence.

The unlicensed Seabrook teen driver who was behind the wheel of a car that struck and killed two cyclists in September has been by indicted by a Rockingham Superior Court grand jury on eight charges.

Hess, 19, was indicted on two counts of negligent homicide, two counts of negligent homicide driving while intoxicated, two counts of manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault.

Hess has claimed the crash occurred after she took her eyes off the road while traveling over Hampton's Neil R. Underwood Bridge at a high speed on Sept. 21. 

The indictments claim she was under the influence of fentanyl, klonopin, percocet and benzodiazepines when her vehicle collided with four cyclists. 

Pamela Wells, 60, of South Hamilton, Mass., and Elise Bouchard, 52, of Danvers, Mass., were killed during the crash, while Uwe Uhmeyer, 60, of Essex, Mass., and Margo Heigh, 54, of Danvers, Mass., were injured.

Two other individuals have also been charged in connection to the crash, Hess' fiancé Scott Martin and Cindy Sheppard, a woman police claim is a Hampton Beach drug dealer. Sheppard is accused of giving Hess fentanyl before the Sept. 21 crash.


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