DES MOINES, Iowa — [KCCI] – Court records show a Polk City woman was under the influence of methamphetamine when she caused a crash that killed her son. Abby Amenson, 41, has been charged with homicide by vehicle-operating under the influence in the crash that killed 10-year-old Maxwell Amenson last summer.

Authorities say she crossed the center line on Northwest Fisher Lane and hit another vehicle head-on July 7. Court records say authorities found drug paraphernalia and meth inside the woman’s purse in a search after the crash.