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Five-Year-Old Killed: Man Crashed Into Girl As She Crossed Worcester Street With Mom, DA Says

An Auburn was charged recently with crashing into and killing a 5-year-old Worcester girl as she left a store with her mother last year, authorities said. 

Five-year-old Candice Asare-Yeboah was struck on April 18, 2022, as she crossed Stafford Street in Worcester, police said. She died a month from her wounds a later in the hospital.

Five-year-old Candice Asare-Yeboah was struck on April 18, 2022, as she crossed Stafford Street in Worcester, police said. She died a month from her wounds a later in the hospital.

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Christopher Remillard, 58, was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide by negligence, and negligent driving of a motor vehicle in the April 2022 crash, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. 

Remillard has previously said he was reaching into his pocket to retrieve a $20 bill for gas and didn't see Candice Asare-Yeboah and her mother as they left the Queen Beauty Supply store on Stafford Street. The impact threw the young girl under a parked car. She died of her injuries a month later at a Worcester hospital. 

The girl's mother, Asha Nyarko-Asare, was also seriously injured in the crash. She spent several weeks in the hospital but recovered, authorities said. 

Investigators said Remillard was driving 47 mph when he crashed into them — 12 miles over the posted speed limit, records show. 

Remillard was released on a $1,000 bail when he was arraigned last year, but he is not allowed to drive as a condition of that release, court records said. 

A GoFundMe for Asare-Yeboah raised more than $27,000 goal, more than five times its original goal of $5,000. The fundraising page has become a hub for news in the case.

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