DENVER -- A woman accused of driving drunk and causing a hit-and-run collision in Denver that killed two Connecticut women faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

Sandra Lee Jacobson, 40, of Centennial, faces two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving under the influence.

At Tuesday's hearing, prosecutors are expected to lay out their case for a judge who will decide whether Jacobson should stand trial.

Police said Jacobson's pickup sideswiped a taxi headed to Denver International Airport on Jan. 28. Fifty-four-year-old Kathy Krasniewicz and 71-year-old Kate McClelland, both of Riverside, Conn., were ejected from the cab and killed after the cab went off Pena Boulevard and rolled.

The pickup driver took off, but police officers tracked the vehicle to a cargo lot at Denver International Airport.

An arrest affidavit stated Jacobson had "a strong odor of alcohol," and "was staggering" when officers confronted her. She "admitted to consuming Night Quil (sic) before and after the accident," according to the police report.