Hyattsville woman indicted for plowing into 2 kids walking to school, killing them
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A Hyattsville woman was indicted after she drove into two children walking to school, killing them last year.
On Nov. 20, 2023, two children from Riverdale, 5-year-old Sky Sosa, and 10-year-old Shalom Mbah, were walking in the crosswalk at an intersection near Riverdale Park Elementary School with a man when they were all hit by a van.
The two children were taken to the hospital where they died. The man was also hit but his injuries were non-life-threatening.
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The woman, Olga Lugo Jiminez, was charged with two counts of criminally negligent manslaughter and two counts of causing serious physical injury/death of a vulnerable individual while operating a motor vehicle.
“My heart goes out to the parents of these young souls, who were lost in this horrific event,” State’s Attorney, Aisha Braveboy, stated in a news release. “It is also unfortunate that fellow students witnessed this unthinkable incident since it happened as they were headed to school. We will hold Ms. Lugo Jimenez accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
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