Deborah Aaron was legally drunk at the time of the Dec. 30 crash on St. Francis Drive that killed 4-year-old Yuliana Reyes Vasquez.

Aaron, a 56-year-old Santa Fe surgeon who has been released on a $100,000 cash bond after being arraigned on a charge of vehicular homicide, admitted to police the night of the crash at the intersection of Siringo Road that she had consumed two glasses of wine about five or six hours earlier in the night, according to a criminal complaint filed by Officer Daniel Parsons.

Aaron, who told police immediately after the crash that she'd had a green light, drove her Land Rover into the passenger side of a minivan driven by Karla Vasquez. The impact killed Yuliana and severely injured Karla Vasquez, who is pregnant, and her 3-year-old daughter, Yaretzi. Both have since been released from the hospital.

A blood sample taken from Aaron the night of the crash was analyzed at the state crime lab and showed a blood alcohol content of 0.08, the level legally considered too intoxicated to drive in New Mexico. A blood sample taken from Karla Vasquez showed a BAC of 0.00. The blood results were completed late last week and released Monday morning.

Aaron told police she was on her way to Albuquerque to pick up a friend from the airport, and she was running late. Search warrants for cellphone data for both Aaron's and Vasquez's cellphones have not yet been returned, but police want to know if either were talking or texting at the time of the crash.

One witness to the crash told police it appeared Karla Vasquez had run a red light as she was turning left from Siringo Road onto St. Francis Drive.

Santa Fe Police Capt. Aric Wheeler said at least two other witnesses came forward last week with their versions of the crash. Asked if those witnesses corroborated Aaron's claim that she had a green light, Wheeler declined to comment. He said all accounts of how the crash occurred are still under investigation.

Wheeler said anyone else with information on the crash or the events leading up to the crash should call Officer James Plummer, the lead crash-scene investigator, at 428-3710.

Contact Geoff Grammer at 986-3076 or ggrammer@sfnewmexican.com. Read his blog at santafecrime.com.