Avella woman faces several drug charges
An Avella woman who was found lying unconscious on railroad tracks outside Avella in August was charged Monday by state police with possession of controlled substances and paraphernalia.
Megan Elizabeth Moore, 34, of 121 Seminary Road, narrowly avoided being hit by a train Aug. 28 on the Wheeling and Erie Railway tracks near the Avella Sportsmen’s Club on Route 50, Independence Township. Emergency responders were called just before 8:30 a.m. for a report a train engineer was able to stop the train before hitting the unconscious woman. She was still unconscious but breathing when she was taken to Washington Hospital for treatment.
Police found a bag containing syringes and a variety of pills near Moore. Those pills were sent to the state police crime laboratory for analysis and determined to be a drug used to treat attention deficit or eating disorders; DMT, which is a psychedelic drug; and Alprazolam.
Moore later told police she was a recovering heroin addict who suffered a relapse. She told police she used heroin, smoked crack and took Suboxone and Xanax as well as over-the-counter sleeping pills. Moore said she was walking on the tracks when she passed out.
The charges were sent by summons from the office of District Judge Ethan Ward. A preliminary hearing is set for July 5 before Ward.