Police filed homicide-by-vehicle and other charges Friday against Kristi L. Fulmer of Columbia in the Aug. 11 alcohol-related wreck that killed 21-year-old Ashley Victoria Jean Wolpert.

Fulmer, 23, of 216 N. Third St., had a blood alcohol level of .162 percent - more than double the legal limit - one hour after she crashed her 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, killing Wolpert and severely injuring two other passengers, police said.

Fulmer was arraigned Friday in Columbia before District Justice Robert Herman and released on $20,000 unsecured bail.

Herman did not schedule a date for a preliminary hearing for Fulmer, who was charged on multiple counts, including homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving.

Fulmer's vehicle was traveling west when it struck a retaining wall at Lancaster Avenue (Route 462) and South Ninth Street about 1:45 a.m. Witnesses told police her Jeep had just passed a vehicle in a no-passing zone when Fulmer lost control and crashed.

Fulmer and two of her passengers, Amanda Lewis, 21, and Lindsey Studenroth, 22, were treated for multiple traumatic injuries at Lancaster General Hospital.

Wolpert, who was sitting in the rear seat, was pronounced dead on arrival at LGH.

According to the complaint, Lewis and Studenroth suffered severe head trauma, multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Lewis' legs are still impaired, and she suffers from mild brain damage. Studenroth suffers from severe brain damage.

Police described the four women as longtime friends.

Wolpert, a 2005 graduate of Lancaster County Academy, would have graduated in December from the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center practical nursing program. She was the mother of a young daughter.

A reconstruction of the crash by police showed that Fulmer's vehicle swerved across both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Lancaster Avenue before leaving the roadway.

The Jeep struck a metal guardrail, continued onto the lawn at Union National Community Bank, struck multiple street signs and finally crashed into a cement-block retaining wall at 855 Lancaster Ave.

The posted speed limit in the area is 30 mph, police said. Three witnesses who were in a car that Fulmer passed - Paul Kaufhold, Erika Reardon and Heather Cidor - said Fulmer's vehicle appeared to be traveling in excess of 60 mph and had swerved around their car in a no-passing zone prior to losing control and crashing.