A woman charged with vehicular homicide pleaded not guilty on Friday in connection with the April 23 car crash that killed three people.

Amanda Snay used crutches as she walked to the podium to plead not guilty and ask a Natrona County District judge change her bond.

She wiped tears away as the judge read her charges, which include several counts of both vehicular homicide and driving while under the influence causing serious bodily injury.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol believes Snay was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when the car she was driving, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, rolled along Highway 20/26, according to an affidavit filed in Natrona County District Court.

Results from tests taken after the crash showed Snay had methamphetamine and alcohol in her system, according to the affidavit.

Snay, who was 20 years old at the time of the crash, was the only person in the car to survive. Adam Tucker, 21, died at the scene. Two other passengers, Adrian T. Produit, 31, and Shantel Miller, 16, died later at Wyoming Medical Center. All three lived in Mills.

Wyoming Highway Patrol officer Scott Keane stated in the affidavit that when he responded to the crash near Powder River, he found the three passengers were unconscious. Snay told him she had been driving the car and had been drinking.

She and the other three passengers were driving back to Casper from Shoshoni when she said Produit put his foot on the gas pedal. The car was driving 75 mph when he told her to "keep it there," Keane wrote.

Snay told officers she thought the car had mechanical problems, and she remembered Produit grabbing the wheel "to save us," Keane wrote. She jerked the wheel back from Produit and the car spun out of control and crashed, she said.

Her blood alcohol level two hours after the crash was .06, according to Keane. In Wyoming, a person is considered too drunk to drive with a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater. A blood alcohol level of .05 or greater, however, can be used with other evidence in determining whether a person was too drunk to drive.

A reconstruction expert told the Highway Patrol that Snay was driving 74 mph at the time of the crash, according to the affidavit, and was caused by "radical steering by the driver."

Snay's attorney asked the judge to lower her bond from $75,000 to $20,000 because her wounds from the car crash are not "healing properly."

Judge Scott Skavdahl continued the $75,000 bond which was set by a different judge.

Her trial is set to begin on Dec. 8. If convicted of all charges, she could face up to 90 years in prison.

Contact city reporter Christine Robinson at (307) 266-0639 or christine.robinson@trib.com