Officials: Woman found guilty of 2 DUIs in 2 days, fatal crash of Westminster man

A Baltimore woman was sentenced on April 1 for her role in a fatal crash that killed a 78-year-old man in March 2025.Lydia Hanson, 32, was found guilty of automobile manslaughter in the two-vehicle crash along Rt. 97 that killed Richard Snyder on March 16, 2025, according to the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office on Tuesday.The State's Attorney's Office said Hanson was driving while drunk on Rt. 97 when she crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming truck, driven by Snyder, in the oncoming lane. Officials said Hanson's blood alcohol content registered at .34 – four times the legal Maryland limit.Officials also said she was driving 99 mph in a 55-mile-per-hour zone.Additionally, officials said the DUI stop was her second in as many days.Hanson was stopped the prior day "within a few miles" of where the fatal collision occurred, according to court documents. Officials did not provide the exact location."You didn't intend to kill the victim, but you did intend the behavior that led up to it. The day before you were arrested and charged and you would think that would have been a wake-up call to you and it wasn't," judge Brian DeLeonardo said in a news release. "The driving was extreme and dangerous, and it was no surprise that someone died."In the March 16 fatal crash and DUI, Hanson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years to serve, and six years suspended. She will also serve five years of supervised probation.Hanson pleaded not guilty with an agreed statement of facts in the March 15 DUI, but was found guilty.Snyder leaves behind a wife of 52 years.