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An upstate New York woman is accused of murdering her husband after she was filmed by her children allegedly threatening to kill her family moments before getting into a fatal accident.

Jennie Clark has been charged with second-degree murder for the July 4 death of her husband, 43-year-old Matthew Clark, the _Democrat and Chronicle_ reports. According to authorities, on the

morning of July 4, Clark was driving her family home when she drove across the road and crashed her car into a utility pole. The crash killed Matthew Clark but left the couple's three

children, who were sitting in the backseat, unharmed. During an arraignment Monday, Monroe County prosecutors said that video captured by one of Clark's daughters shows the 42-year-old

asking her family, "Do you want to die?" "The defendant can be heard threatening everyone in the car that she was going to run the vehicle into a tree. She can be heard

saying, 'Are you ready to die, do you want to die?'" Monroe County Assistant District Attorney Amanda Balling said, WHEC reports. According to court documents, Clark was

driving "in an intoxicated condition," the _Democrat and Chronicle_ reports. _WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST CRIME COVERAGE? SIGN UP FOR __PEOPLE'S FREE TRUE CRIME

NEWSLETTER__ FOR BREAKING CRIME NEWS, ONGOING TRIAL COVERAGE AND DETAILS OF INTRIGUING UNSOLVED CASES._ Prosecutors say this wasn't the first time Clark threatened her family. She had

allegedly made similar remarks about two weeks earlier. "It's a tragedy that was 100 percent avoidable," Balling said Monday, WHAM reports. "And within a matter of

minutes, three children's lives were changed forever. It's a terrible, terrible tragedy." However, Clark's attorney argued there could be more to the story. "The

words the D.A. used today in court, certainly I'd have to warn everyone not to rush to judgement," Joe D'Amelio said, according to the station. "Although you've

heard words, you don't know the context the words were spoken." "I feel as though it's an accident," he continued. "I think it's a horrible set of

circumstances. It's a terrible optic." Clark has been charged with additional felony counts, including three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and three counts of

aggravated driving while intoxicated, as well as several misdemeanors. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Her bail was set at $200,000 cash. She remains behind bars in Monroe County

jail, online jail records state. According to WHAM, she has been forbidden from having any contact with her children, even if she is released from jail.