NY woman indicted for manslaughter for car crash that killed mom, 2 kids on way home from synagogue

A US woman is formally indicted with reckless manslaughter and other charges for a New York car crash that killed a Jewish mother and her two children late last month.

Miriam Yarimi, 32, allegedly killed Natasha (Sara) Saada, 34, and her daughters Diana, 8, and Debra, 5, while they were walking home from synagogue in Brooklyn on March 29.

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office says in a statement that Yarimi was arraigned today in the Brooklyn Supreme Court on an indictment charging her with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, and other related counts.

“This horrific fatal crash was one of the worst I’ve seen in over 25 years as a prosecutor. It wasn’t an accident. This defendant’s unconscionably dangerous driving wiped out a family,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez says in a statement. “The consequences of her flouting traffic laws and commonsense were disastrous, and we will now seek to hold her fully accountable for this criminally reckless behavior.”

Yarimi, also Jewish, is being held without bail and faces a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison.

The statement contains new information about the car crash that shocked New York City and local Jews.

Video surveillance showed Yarimi drive through a red light a block before the crash, narrowly avoiding other vehicles, before speeding through another intersection and plowing into the family.

Yarimi’s Audi was traveling at around 68 miles (110 kilometers) per hour in a 25 mph zone, and the engine was at full throttle, indicating the gas pedal was likely pressed to the floor, the indictment says.

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After striking the family, the vehicle rolled over, stopping around 130 feet (40 meters) away.

The mother and her daughters were killed at the scene, while the woman’s son suffered skull fractures, brain bleeding, and needed a kidney removed.