The Coroner’s Office has identified the pregnant woman who died in a collision early Monday morning west of Cottonwood. 34-year-old Ashley Rose Slavens was nine months pregnant. At 4:40AM Monday she was driving a Chevy Equinox westbound on Bowman Road when she crossed over the double yellow center line near Adams Road and smashed head-on into an eastbound Ford F-150 driven by 39-year-old Joshua James Gay of Cottonwood. Both drivers had to be extricated by rescue personnel. Gay suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital. Slavens and her unborn child were both declared dead upon arrival at the hospital.
– Steve Gibson