A Charlton woman is facing manslaughter and motor vehicle homicide charges in connection with a fatal crash last year in which authorities said she killed a mother of six while intoxicated.
Aphrodite Papoutsides, 28, was indicted last week by a Worcester County grand jury on 10 charges connected with the September 2024 crash in Charlton that killed Leah S. Forrester, 51, of Worcester, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Papoutsides, while driving a Mercedes, collided with Forrester’s Honda on Southbridge Road, also known as Route 169, near Carpenter Hill Road in Charlton.
Two of Forrester’s six children and her husband were hospitalized with serious injuries after the crash, according to the Telegram & Gazette.
Forrester “cherished every moment spent with her family,” the family wrote in her obituary. “She found great joy in doing crafts with her children, creating beautiful memories that will be cherished forever.”
Papoutsides faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, motor vehicle homicide while under the influence, motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence, three counts of operating under the influence causing serious bodily injury and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
She was arraigned last year in Dudley District Court on charges of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation.
The indictment elevates the charges to Worcester Superior Court, where prosecutors said she will be arraigned at “a later date.”
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