A judge in Smith County, Texas, has denied a request to lower the $1 million bond set for a Troup woman accused of causing a deadly drunk-driving crash on Toll 49 near Tyler. Kaci Nicole Harrison, 31, allegedly drove her Jeep SUV into oncoming traffic on Aug. 13, striking a Toyota SUV head-on and killing 70-year-old Sally Macher of Flint. Macher’s husband, David Gerard Macher, 69, was seriously injured in the crash and hospitalized. Harrison faces charges of intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
According to the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson denied the bond-reduction request during a hearing, citing Harrison’s alleged blood alcohol concentration, which court records show was more than three times the legal limit. The outlet reported that Texas Department of Public Safety troopers investigated the crash and that Harrison was arrested on Aug. 24, nearly two weeks after the collision. The case remains pending in Smith County as Harrison awaits trial on both charges.
