All Rights Reserved. A Hidden Hills socialite must stand trial on murder charges in the deaths of two boys, a judge decided Thursday after hearing testimony that Rebecca Grossman struck the pair in a crosswalk while going more than 70 mph and continued driving. This isnt a case of thoughtlessness, but selfishness, Gould countered. She said tests of Grossmans blood alcohol level at her lab came back .074% and .073%. A Texas Appeals Court overruled a decision to throw out a lawsuit against Jerry Jones from a woman who claimed the Dallas Cowboys owner kissed her on the mouth and forcibly grabbed her without her consent.. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. WebSalem officers responded at 2:30 p.m. to the intersection of State ST and High ST NE on reports of a crash. I got sick, so I - and then, I called 911," said witness Carmelita Caldwell. ROCKLAND A woman was killed Thursday morning when she was struck by a pickup truck. They didnt stop when an 11-year-old was on the hood of the car. No word yet if those lights were activated during the accident, but police continue to investigate. The woman and child werent in a crosswalk at the time, officials said. It happened around 8 p.m. Police said the crash shut down E. Wendover Avenue at English Street. Chicago officials said a woman died after being struck by a FedEx truck in the 1100 block of South Wabash Monday afternoon. Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. They didnt stop at the intersection. Anyone with information on what happened is asked to call the Sparks PDs nonemergency dispatch number at 775-353-2231 or Secret Witness at 775-322-4900 or go online at secretwitness.com. Extending the bike lane west could have prevented Schicks death, her lawyer Sam Davis said on Monday, adding that the family is seeking anenormous amount of compensation because the city failed to do what is their responsibility to do: that is to study whats a safe street, to design it as a safe street, to bring it up to date to what the current needs are, to respond to the multiple fatalities and injuries and collisions.. The bus had just left the Downtown Dallas Greyhound Station on its way to Monterrey, Mexico. A previous version of this article misidentified lawyer John Hobson as John Dobson. Dallas police said the victim was crossing Elm Street near Lamar Street just after midnight 1 min read. Sarah Meilike, 38, was WebAngela Yowakim, 25, had just been dropped off at the school, around 6:45 a.m., when she was struck in the crosswalk on North Irving Street. Web72-year-old woman struck, killed by FedEx truck while using walker to cross South Loop street. You asked the mother of the children I think 12 times did she see her children hit, when it was apparent they were there one second and gone the next.. "She was underneath and I couldn't hold myself. North Carolina Senate backs legalizing pot for medical use, Top vaccine doc: COVID lab leak theory 'plausible' but 'unlikely', Triangle-area school districts face rising lunch debt. Officers At approximately 7:30 p.m., a woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle near West Pensacola and Mabry streets, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Kauai family plans to take legal action following a crash that killed a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. "The city dropped the ball," said one friend of killed cyclist Sarah Schick. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called at 6:50 Brandon, a UCF grad, joined the ClickOrlando team in November 2021. We have two speeding tickets in this case, he said, referring to Grossmans driving history. Under cross-examination, he said the older child, Mark, was struck by the vehicle and thrown 254 feet, the farthest he has known a human to be tossed in a crash. Deputy Dist. All rights reserved. Next -- as long as the bill makes it out of the transportation committees in the house and senate -- the Lisa Torry Smith Act will go before the full House and Senate for a vote sometime in May before the end of the Legislative session. Amy Kron of Westlake Village places a plush toy at a memorial for the Iskander brothers. Shean and other deputies later testified they found Grossman a third of a mile away, stopped at the curb saying she did not know why her air bag had been triggered. The crash happened Joe Marusak. WebAURORA, Colo. ( KDVR) A woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle while walking across a crosswalk in Aurora. The Irving rapper signed to Kodak Black's label Sniper Gang Records is charged with murder in a Dallas shooting. After this, a second vehicle described only as a dark-color sedan reportedly struck the woman and fled from the scene eastbound on Colonial Drive, troopers said. Safety is our highest priority, and we are cooperating fully with the investigating authorities at this time," said FedEx Ground External Communications Manager Meredith Miller. Copyright 2023 Click2Houston.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shellie Samuels determined after a five-day preliminary hearing that there is sufficient evidence for Grossman to be tried on two counts of murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. Every life lost in crashes on city roads is precious and our thoughts are with the victims family, said a DOT spokesperson. John Hobson, one of Grossmans attorneys, told the judge on the final day of the hearing that the evidence supports we have a tragic traffic accident but there was no implied malice and Grossman was not driving with proximity attempt to kill.. Havelock Police said Alice Witten, 70, was walking with a friend in the Slocum Village A cocktail waitress at Julios and a friend of the lawmans told him they each had served Grossman margaritas in the hours before the fatal collision. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. The city said in a statement to Streetsblog that it is reviewing the claim. "I will never understand how I lost my sister at a crosswalk in a school zone," said Yowakim. Torry and Lisas former husband Elliot Smith, among others, have led the three-and-a-half-year battle to change the law. According to a Unfortunately, the car did not remain on scene so this is a hit-and-run.. Action News was told the driver did stop, but police have not said whether charges will be filed. This is a developing story. The Lisa Torry Smith Act would make it a Class A misdemeanor to hit someone in a crosswalk, and a state jail felony if the victim suffered serious bodily injury., We want to make sure that Lisa didnt die in vain, her sister, Gina Torry, said Tuesday in an interview. WebThe woman was pronounced dead at the scene. WebDUNEDIN, FL A 79-year-old woman was killed Saturday while crossing Edgewater Drive in Dunedin. The woman was taken to Orlando Health Central Hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to FHP. No criminality was immediately suspected, cops said. The crash happened Saturday, at 8:50 p.m. near the intersection of West Colonial Drive and Powers Drive in Orlo Vista. SALEM Ore. (KPTV) A pedestrian was struck and killed in Salem Monday afternoon, according to the Salem Police Department. Paint is not a protection. But Hobson pointed out that Grossman has no convictions for reckless driving or DUI. Atty. To get a second-degree murder conviction, Gould must prove that Grossman acted with implied malice and knew the act of driving more than 70 mph in a residential area was dangerous to human life. I miss my boys every day because of the decisions that person made., Iskander testified the two SUVs were zigzagging with each other as if they were playing or racing.. The truck struck the woman and she was caught under the vehicle. Police said the driver claimed he did not see the woman. Signs are posted marking the crosswalk along with lights warning drivers to reduce their speed. Total road fatalities are up 21 percent so far this year, again according to the NYPD. The defendant acted with deliberate conscious disregard for life, Samuels concluded. Family members of Lisa Torry Smith encourage anyone in favor of the Act in her name to reach out to his or her Texas lawmaker to express that support. It happened around 8 p.m. Police said the crash shut down E. Wendover Avenue at English Street. Its unacceptable, Le Munier said. The woman and child, whose age has not been released by the FHP, were initially struck in the inside eastbound travel lane by a sedan being driven by a 39-year-old Orlando man when they walked into its path, according to FHP. A woman was killed and another injured in a hit-and-run crash Saturday in Wrigleyville on the North Side. DOT last month updated the signal timing at the intersection to whats called a Leading Pedestrian Interval, which gives pedestrians and cyclists time to cross before cars and trucks get a green light. 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The decision came after what amounted to a mini-trial that included tearful and graphic testimony from the childrens mother, Nancy Iskander, sheriffs investigators and eyewitnesses. All Rights Reserved. A pedestrian died after being struck by a car Saturday evening not far from Holden Heights, according to Orange County Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol. She was taken to a hospital but later died from her injuries. Its not clear if the driver will be charged. Anybody that knew Lisa knew the dedication she had to family and friends. Elderly woman killed crossing Mass. Cyclists vented their anger at unsafe conditions on Brooklyns Ninth Street bike lane on Thursday, two days after a truck driver killed a 37-year-old wife and mother of two while she was riding an electric Citi Bike on an unprotected stretch west of Third Avenue. Police said Meilike was in the crosswalk but had a "Don't Walk" signal in her direction. Sarah Schick, a 37-year-old mother of two, died on Jan. 10 when the driver struck her as she biked east on an industrial section of Ninth Street near Second Avenue, where cyclists are forced to share the lane with cars and trucks and where city officials have long known about safety concerns for cyclists, her family charged. EMS and the Wichita Fire Department rendered emergency medical aid but the woman died from her injuries at the scene. The crash occurred at 8:50 p.m. on W. Colonial Drive near Powers Drive as the woman and the child crossed Colonial in a southerly direction outside of a crosswalk, troopers said. 704-358-5067. My heart goes out to them," Caldwell said. Sarah Schick, a 37-year-old mother of two, died on When Grossman was connected by the Mercedes assistant to a 911 operator, she was asked whether she had been involved in a collision because there had been a crash in the area in which a vehicle had struck two children. "We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends who are mourning a loved one lost in this accident. The woman was initially reported to be in her 60s, but the Cook County Medical Examiner identified her as 72-year-old Marsha Frankel. The driver of the SUV that hit the Smiths was ticketed but not charged criminally and not indicted by a grand jury because the law didnt allow it. 72-year-old woman struck, killed by FedEx truck while using walker to cross South Loop street. The distraught mother and other witnesses testified that neither Grossmans white Mercedes-Benz nor Ericksons black SUV stopped immediately after the collision. Woman killed midday Tuesday crossing Northwest 8th Avenue in Gainesville. The judge castigated Grossmans attorneys over their questioning of Iskander. Goodrum said the victim was in her late 40s. WebDALLAS - A woman was hit and killed by a Greyhound bus in Downtown Dallas. At 29th Street, with the []. The five-day hearing began April 25 with Iskander describing the fatal collision and its aftermath. A student at Northeastern University's Seattle campus was struck and killed by a police cruiser responding to a call last week. A witness told ABC7 she was using a walker as she crossed the street. One can surmise she did see them, and yet continued at 73 mph through the crosswalk. Iskander said she was on rollerblades along with Jacob, Zachary was on his scooter and Mark was on his skateboard crossing the residential boulevard. Samuels ruled that Grossman was traveling 81 mph in a 45-mph zone and said that if two witnesses approaching the crosswalk in another car about the same time saw the two boys and their family crossing the street, as they testified in the hearing, Grossman must have seen them too. At the same time, a woman was crossing the street west to east in the crosswalk. That she isnt just unavoidable carnage on the streets of Texas.. Patrick Healy reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. The crash occurred at 8:50 p.m. on W. Colonial Drive near Powers Drive as the woman and the child crossed Colonial in a southerly direction outside of a crosswalk, troopers said. WebA woman died after a hit-and-run crash in Greensboro Thursday night. She hit and run, and that is what she did, Samuels said. I believe the defendant went well beyond gross negligence.. Afterward, Dmitry Gorin, one of Grossmans lawyers, called Orange County lab criminalist Kelly Brown to testify. Medical personnel transported her to a local area hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased, he said. The woman, 70, was using the crosswalk A 99-year-old Riverdale resident was killed a block from her home by a driver who struck her with an SUV while she was in the crosswalk, police said Friday. The city Department of Transportation added protected bike lanes to much of Ninth Street in 2019, but left the strip unprotected for cyclists west of Third Avenue despite pressure at the time from advocates to ensure that the improvements cover the complete stretch between Prospect Park West and Smith Street. "She's always been there for me and my family. Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan and DA Brian Middleton testified in support. Streets Technician I/II/III, City of Broomfield, Colo. Partnerships & Engagement Intern, Shared-Use Mobility Center, Chicago, Transportation Planner, City of Santa Rosa, Wednesdays Headlines: Shoveling Off to Work Edition. Ryan Gould then asked whether it was possible for the alcohol content to decrease over time and the number to be lower in the Orange County test than what was done in L.A. County. Torry established a support group and a website. Iskander recounted that she was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk with three of her children around 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2020, when she heard the roar of engines and saw two SUVs barreling toward them. They knew and did nothing, Schicks widowed husband Maxime Le Munier said on Monday as he announced the notice of claim against the city, the first step in a wrongful death suit. Because of the school right there, there's a pretty large, distinct crossing sign with two large lights that were activated so she was obeying the law as best as she could. Rebecca Grossman was frantic after the crash, and video shows her repeatedly asking a deputy about the childrens fate. Nobody stopped, Iskander said at the hearing last week. DALLAS - A woman was hit and killed by a Greyhound bus in Downtown Dallas. Nissan recalling 700K+ SUVs that can accidentally shut off, Shooting at NJ Turnpike rest stop under investigation, At least 29 dead, 85 injured after trains collide in Greece: officials. 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