Police have charged a 32-year-old Brooklyn lady for the deaths of a mom and her two youngsters struck and killed whereas crossing a busy intersection Saturday afternoon.
Investigators mentioned Miriam Yarimi was behind the wheel of the blue Audi sedan that barreled by the Midwood intersection and struck the 34-year-old lady and her three youngsters, killing the mom and her daughters, ages 5 and eight.
The sufferer’s 4-year-old son survived the influence, however was hospitalized in essential situation.
Police allege that Yarimi was driving northbound on Ocean Parkway when she struck the rear bumper of a Toyota Camry turning proper onto the parkway from Quentin Street. Yarimi apparently misplaced management of her automotive and crashed into the pedestrians earlier than flipping the sedan and touchdown on its roof.
One witness recalled seeing our bodies laid all around the floor after she and her father, who’s an EMT, ran to supply assist.
“They were kids and there was one of them was face down and one facing up,” the lady mentioned. “They crowded around them, they tried to give CPR to one of them.”
The 32-year-old driver is dealing with expenses of manslaughter, legal negligent murder, assault, reckless driving, failing to yield proper on a crimson mild, rushing and driving on a suspended license. Contact info for her lawyer was not instantly recognized.
“I will call it like it is, this was a horrific tragedy caused by someone who shouldn’t have been on the road,” Tisch mentioned at a press convention 4 hours after the crash.
Transportation Alternate options launched an announcement condemning the Audi driver’s file and urging motion by New York lawmakers to cross laws in Albany that might set up velocity limiters on autos “of the most reckless repeat speeders.”
The group mentioned the lady “was driving whereas on a suspended license, and the Audi she was driving has greater than 90 tickets, together with greater than 13 college zone rushing tickets final yr.”
Mayor Eric Adams joined high NYPD brass for the press convention.
“To see a mom and her two kids misplaced to a car crash is extraordinarily regarding and painful,” Adams mentioned.
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