General Hospital star Haley Pullos tries to strike a deal in DUI crash case to change her plea to GUILTY in exchange for a lower sentence

General Hospital star Haley Pullos is trying to negotiate a deal with prosecutors over her felony DUI charge from a near-fatal car crash that happened when she allegedly drove the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway while she was drunk and high.

The 25-year-old actress – facing up to three years in prison – has pleaded not guilty to DUI and another charge of hit-and-run.

But if she changes her plea to guilty, prosecutors would be more likely to agree to a lower sentence resulting in less or no jail time, a suspended sentence or even house arrest.

At a hearing in Pasadena, north of Los Angeles Wednesday, Judge Terry Smerling heard that the LA District Attorney and Pullos's attorneys have been working on a 'potential settlement'.

Haley Pullos, 25, was charged with a DUI following a crash in April, which cops said happened while she was driving the wrong way on a Pasadena freeway. The General Hospital actress is now trying to negotiate a deal with prosecutors to change her plea to guilty and agree to a lower sentence

After the crash, California Highway Patrol and Pasadena fire officials released photos of the late-night crash's aftermath, showing both Pullos' and the 23-year-old victim's cars completely totaled and sprawled along Arroyo Seco Parkway

The judge scheduled another hearing April 8 which he said – after numerous unresolved hearings since last July – 'should be the final.'

Deputy District Attorney Melany Avanessians told Judge Smerling that if no plea agreement is in place by April 8, 'we will send her to a preliminary hearing' meaning Pullos would be on her way to a full trial.

Pullos – who has played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular daytime soap opera since she was 11 -– was not in court Wednesday.

Pullos wore a brace on her ankle for several weeks after the crash 

She was on crutches, due to her injuries from the accident, when she first appeared in court last July. But by her most recent court appearance last month, the brace was gone.

Her wounds were evidently minor compared to the 'life threatening and lasting' injuries suffered by the other driver, 23 year-old Courtney Wilder, whose car Pullos collided head-on with on the 134 Ventura Freeway in Pasadena last April.

Wilder, who was rushed in critical condition to a local hospital to undergo emergency surgery, is now suing the actress in civil court, seeking damages for negligence.

Pullos was charged with DUI causing injury and another felony count of driving with over 0.08 blood alcohol content causing injury. Typically, only one of theses DUIs is prosecuted and carries a jail term of up to three years, plus a $5,000 fine.

She was also charged with hit-and-run resulting from allegedly running into a parked car just before the freeway crash. That count is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum prison sentence of 180 days and a $1,000 fine.

Police say that Pullos, who was dropped from the daytime soap a month after the accident, drove her white 2019 Ford Fusion westbound on to the eastbound 134 Freeway and smashed into Wilder's Kia which was traveling east at 60mph.

Both cars were completely wrecked and when first responders arrived, say cops, Pullos was unable to exit her car, so firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get her out.

Several mini bottles of tequila, plus edible marijuana wrappers were allegedly found in her car.

And police at the crash scene reported that she smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech and glassy eyes.

Marijuana edibles and tequila bottles were found during a search of Pullos' white 2019 Ford, which photos show sustained severe damage in the accident

The driver of the other car – the Kia seen at left – was hospitalized and almost died, and is now suing Pullos for reckless endangerment 

Wilder accuses Pullos in his lawsuit of 'attacking' and abusing first responders in a 'rage' at the accident site, and even hitting and yelling at a fireman for touching her expensive designer shirt.

'Haley Pullos acted maliciously and without any regard for the safety of others, as evidenced by her rage when she was pulled from her vehicle by first responders,' said Wilder in a written declaration to the court.

'She acted maliciously by attacking the officers and yelling profanities in front of witnesses and directed toward those who were trying to help her.

'In her fit of rage, Haley Pullos battered a firefighter and yelled at him to take his hands off her '$400 f—ing shirt.'

'Despite having just caused two accidents, one of which resulted in serious, life-threatening injuries, she cared more about her overpriced clothing than she did the safety and all-being of the victim of her reckless, intentional and despicable conduct.

'As more evidence of her abhorrent behavior, Haley Pullos continued to fight medical staff and was forced to be sedated.

'Not only was she driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but she was drinking behind the wheel, as evidenced by the edible wrappers and empty alcohol bottles which were found in her vehicle.'

The driver she crashed into is suing the No Comment Lounge, where Pullos worked as a hostess, for allegedly plying her with booze then letting her drive

Weeks after the crash, Pullos – whose own injuries have never been revealed in detail – told Soap Opera Digest she was taking a break from her role on the long-running daytime show to recover from the crash.

'Unfortunately, I was involved in an automobile accident and I'm doing OK, but I am going to need a little time to recover,' she told the publication at the time. 'I will be back as soon as possible!'

Shortly afterward, in May 2023, she was spotted by DailyMail.com checking into a luxury rehab facility in Malibu.

Last month, crash victim Wilder added Pasadena's No Comment Lounge – where Pullos was working as a hostess the night of the accident – as a defendant in his civil lawsuit, accusing the popular nightspot of plying her with booze, then letting her drive herself home.

Wilder is also suing the State of California Transportation Department, claiming the road where the accident happened is in 'dangerous condition.'