Glamorous Long Island mother kills her adorable nine-year-old son in horrifying car crash

A mother killed her son and injured two others in a horrifying car crash she allegedly caused by driving high on drugs and on the wrong side of the road.

Kerri Bedrick, 32, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated along with a long list of other crimes after she walked away from the wreck on Long Island.

Her nine-year-old son Eli Henrys was strapped into the back seat and died before he made it to hospital on Thursday morning.

Bedrick was zooming the wrong way down the Southern State Parkway in Bay Shore when cops tried to pull her over but she refused to stop, police alleged.

Kerri Bedrick, 32, was allegedly so high on drugs when she crashed her car in a four-car pile-up that killed her son, that she was driving on the wrong side of the road

Her nine-year-old son Eli Henrys was strapped into the back seat and died before he made it to hospital on Thursday morning

Her 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SUV collided about 2.20am with another car head-on hard enough that her vehicle's engine was launched into trees nearby.

Two more cars were caught up in the pile-up, injuring two of the other drivers - Haydee Meyer, 29, in a 2018 Mercedes and David Picard, 24, in a 2011 Honda.

The third driver, John Rotondi, 64, in a 2019 Chevrolet pickup truck, wasn't hurt.

Bedrick, a hairdresser, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was standing outside the car when police arrived, and taken to hospital.

She was led out of Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip in handcuffs by New York State Police troopers, looking groggy and disheveled.

NYSP charged her with aggravated unlicensed driving, operating a vehicle while impaired by drugs, aggravated DWI with a passenger less than 16 years old, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal possession of a stimulant.

Bedrick suffered non-life threatening injuries and was standing outside the car when police arrived and taken to hospital

Bedrick was led out of the hospital in handcuffs looking groggy and disheveled by Suffolk County deputies

Bedrick is not yet facing any charges over Eli's death, but prosecutors said in court they planned to pursue them.

'We are intending to walk this case into the grand jury to pursue a homicide indictment,' a Suffolk County District Attorney's Office lawyer said.

Bedrick was arraigned in Suffolk County First District Court on Friday where prosecutors said tests found she was high, but toxicology wasn't yet complete.

The court heard various different pills were strewn around her car, and she admitted to prosecutors that she took meth at 8pm on Wednesday, six hours before the crash.

Her license was suspended 56 times since she started driving, and she was arrested twice for DWI including a conviction in 2012 where she also tried to flee police.

Bedrick pleaded not guilty to all charges on Friday. Her lawyer Scott Zerner said she suffered from spinal bifida, narcolepsy, and other medical conditions.

'My client has just suffered the worst news that a parent can suffer,' he told the court. 

'I believe she is in denial, as she is before you, has no able to process [that her son is dead].'

Bedrick is not yet facing any charges over Eli's death

Bedrick with Eli and her ex-boyfriend, who is Eli's father

Zerner admitted Bedrick had 'a problem with her license' and told the court she had an ongoing domestic violence case before the same court. 

He asked that she be released on bail to attend medical appointments in Manhattan, and go to Eli's funeral.

Acting District Court Judge Eric Sachs set bail at $1 million and said it was 'probably the most tragic case' in his 39 years on the bench.  

Police gave Eli CPR and used a portable defibrillator, both while he was still in the car and on the way to hospital.

'The state troopers did their best to save the boy's life and this was a traumatic experience for all involved,' New York State Police Major Stephen Udice said.

Bedrick was arraigned in Suffolk County First District Court on Friday where prosecutors said tests found drugs in her system

Bedrick pleaded not guilty to all charges on Friday. Her lawyer Scott Zerner said she suffered from spinal bifida, narcolepsy, and other medical conditions

Bedrick's mother Diane Bedrick (pictured) said the accused drugged driver was struggling with some medical issues and was taking prescription medication

'To give you an idea of the severity of the impact, the engine of the wrong-way driving vehicle was thrown from that vehicle into the woods some distance from the collision point itself.'

Suffolk County Deputy Undersheriff John Becker said the deputy who responded to the crash 'will have the image of this young boy's face forever etched in his memory'.

Bedrick's mother Diane Bedrick said the accused drugged driver was struggling with some medical issues and was taking prescription medication.

'[Eli] was such a sweet boy and had a long life ahead of him. She adored him and he was everything to her,' she told Newsday.

'They're both loved and we're trying to get through this.

'I'm just trying to get through the day. They both loved each other, and it's going to be difficult in the future.'

Diane said nothing as she left court on Friday morning. 

Bedrick's mother said the accused drugged driver was struggling with some medical issues in recent months and was taking prescription medication