All tagged vehicular homicide
According to People, A 13-year-old boy allegedly stole a car and led police on a short chase on Saturday afternoon in Woodland, California. The chase ended after the juvenile crashed into two other vehicles, killing a 43-year-old woman and injuring ten others.
Darrell Brooks of Wisconsin was convicted Wednesday of killing six people after he drove into a crowd of people during a Christmas parade last year. His trial gained national attention as Brooks defended himself and displayed erratic and argumentative behavior towards the judge, prosecution, and jury.
While boating under the influence on Memorial Day weekend, Mark Stegall struck another boat and killed four members of the Leffler family. One of Stegall’s passengers was killed as well.
Around 1:30 p.m. Thursday a multiple-car crash happened in Windsor Hills, a neighborhood 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, claiming the lives of six people. Among them, a pregnant woman and a baby.
The former South Carolina personal injury attorney could be sentenced to over seven centuries of prison time for a total of 84 criminal charges and 11 lawsuits.
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Two 3-year-old boys were killed instantly Monday evening when a speeding car slammed into them as they were playing at Cedar Valley Stables in Eagle Mountain, Utah.
Jake Notman, 27, had stabbed, strangled and ran over Lauren Bloomer after eating a cannabis brownie at their home in Bingley Avenue on November 20 last year.
During a trial at Stafford Crown Court the court heard Ms Bloomer, who was a 25-year-old university student, had "recorded her own murder" on a mobile phone after searching for advice for the "bad weed trip" suffered by Notman.
A holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin saw a devastating outcome on Sunday evening after a SUV crashed into the ongoing parade leaving at least five people dead and many more injured.
A woman faces a second-degree murder charge after she allegedly backed over her mother while intoxicated Thursday.
Charles Polevich was arrested on Wednesday and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal car accident that killed Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, last Friday. Maraj had been walking on the street when Polevich struck the 64-year-old pedestrian with his vehicle at 6:15 pm. According to police, Polevich stopped and exited his car to check on the injured man. Yet, rather than helping Maraj and calling 911, Polevich fled the scene.
