September 25 — A mother in Urbana is accused of causing a frontal accident with a tanker truck in June that killed her 7-year-old son in Fletcher.

Britaney Nicole Kirchgessner, 28, was jailed in Miami County Jail Thursday and is awaiting arraignment in Miami County Common Plea Court for aggravated homicide and driving homicide and driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to records.

Kirchgessner was driving a gray 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 westbound in the 1400 block of Main Street, also US 36, shortly before 7 a.m. on June 16 when the pickup crossed the center line near South Walnut Street, according to a Miami County Sheriff’s Office accident report.

The pickup struck a red 2020 Freightliner carrying an empty tanker, driven by a 49-year-old man in Carmel, Indiana.

Kirchgessner sustained serious injuries in the crash and was rushed to Miami Valley hospital.

Her son, Daniel Voris, of Dayton, who was strapped in a booster seat in the back of the left passenger side, was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital. He died the day after his injuries.

The driver of the truck was not injured.

Kirchgessner is charged with driving under the influence of drugs, according to the report.