(La Porte County, IN) - A New Buffalo High School graduate was impaired when killed in a single vehicle crash last month in northern La Porte County.

 

Recently obtained test results showed Brandy Hardaway had a .209 percent blood alcohol level, said La Porte County Coroner Lynn Swanson.  The 29 year old Hardaway was a resident of Buchanan, Michigan at the time of the early morning collision on September 1st in the 8400 block of North 500 East near Rolling Prairie.

 

According to La Porte County Police, the investigation showed Hardaway, who was the only occupant of the 2005 Buick Century, left the east side and west side of the two lane road before crashing into a tree.

 

Swanson said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and body.

 

According to her obituary, Hardaway had worked several years as a chef at Ghost Isle Brewery in New Buffalo.  She left behind a husband and two children.  A GoFundMe account to help her family has raised more than $5,000 toward its listed goal of $15,000.