The case of Sunset Hills police Officer Christine L. Miller is back in St. Louis County court today for a pretrial conference.

Miller was charged in June with four counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and one of second-degree assault.

She was later indicted by the circuit court grand jury on those same charges. She is accused of driving drunk the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road in Des Peres in a March 21 collision that killed four students from India.

A trial date has not been set.

The pretrial conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. today before Circuit Judge Michael T. Jamison.

After her arrest, Miller, 41, was outfitted with an ankle bracelet and released to home confinement.

Miller, a Sunset Hills patrol officer with a dozen years on the force, was suspended without pay as a result of the charges.

About three hours after the crash, at 4:35 a.m., Miller's blood-alcohol content was still twice above the legal limit - measuring 0.169, said St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch.

McCulloch said Miller had been out drinking with friends that night.

Miller's car was heading the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road in Des Peres when it collided with another car turning right off Des Peres Road.

Four passengers in the other car were killed: Anusha Anumolu, 23, of Charleston, Ill.; Satya Subhakar Chinta, 25, of Aurora, Ill., Anita Lakshmi Veerapaneni, 23, of Charleston, Ill.; and Priya Muppavarapu, 22, of Charleston, Ill.

The three Charleston, Ill., women were working toward master's degrees in information technology at Eastern Illinois University. Nitesh Adusumilli, 27, of Ballwin, the driver of the Honda, was severely injured in the crash but recently returned to work.

In the Highway Patrol's 46-page accident reconstruction report, investigators say Miller was driving the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry, but they found no evidence she was speeding.

The accident happened at about 1:45 a.m. March 21 -- a clear, dry night, according to a police report. Miller's silver 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse was heading east in the westbound lanes of Dougherty Ferry. She faced a flashing yellow light. A red 1997 Honda Accord was turning right from Des Peres onto Dougherty Ferry. The Honda barely made the turn when it collided with the Eclipse, according to the report.