The woman charged with murder and drunken driving in connection with a fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 101 in Santa Maria earlier this month is back in custody, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Kendra Cordova, 34, of Santa Maria was arrested Thursday afternoon, the CHP said.

Cordova originally was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving after the Sept. 8 crash.

Ten days later, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint with the murder charge. 

The more serious charge came after investigators learned Cordova worked as a bartender, and had completed the class spelling out the dangers of drinking and driving, according to court records.

At approximately 5:25 a.m. on Sept. 8, firefighters from Santa Maria and Santa Barbara County and other emergency personnel responded to the collision on southbound Highway 101.

A Chevrolet Silverado had slammed into a Mazda CX-9 going the wrong direction on the freeway between Betteravia Road and Santa Maria Way

Alma Teresa Alcorta Del Lazaro, 53, of Santa Maria was fatally injured in the crash.

Firefighters had to extricate Del Lazaro’s husband — the truck’s driver, Cecilio L. Camacho, 63, of Santa Maria — from the wrecked truck, which ended up on the concrete center divider.

In the days after the crash, investigators determined Cordova had worked a shift as a bartender late Sept. 7 and early Sept. 8 at the 1880 Union Hotel in Los Alamos, according to a CHP officer’s declaration in support of the arrest warrant.

Video from the shift reportedly shows Cordova drinking alcohol, according to the declaration.

After the crash, Cordova reportedly told CHP officers she had taken the “Responsible Beverage Service Training Program” class conducted by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control within the past year. 

The class “teaches servers to responsibly serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and mitigate alcohol-related harm in California communities,” according to ABC’s website. 

In addition to murder, Cordova has been charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and driving with a 0.08% blood-alcohol level causing injury. 

She also faces a number of special allegations or sentencing enhancements.

A date for her arraignment hearing was pending on Friday.

Cordova remained in the custody without bail at the Santa Barbara County Jail on Friday morning .