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Vineland Driver Admits Drinking, Going 90 MPH Crash That Killed Family Of 3: Report
A Vineland man has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in a crash that killed three members of another family, NJ Advance Media reports.
Modesto Pino, 37, admitted he had been drinking and driving at speeds exceeding 90 mph when he slammed into an SUV driven by Iban Garcia-Ruiz, of Bridgeton, on Nov. 1, 2020, the outlet said.
Garcia-Ruiz and his wife, Elisa Perez-Hernandez, 32, were pronounced dead at the crash scene. Their two children were hospitalized and one of them, 1-year-old Ivan, later died.
Last September, Pino was indicted by a grand jury on 15 counts in connectio…
CT Woman Charged With Negligent Homicide After Striking 3-Year-Old Son With Minivan, Police Say
A Connecticut woman is facing a negligent homicide with a motor vehicle charge after police said she fatally struck her 3-year-old son with a minivan last year.
Jessica Raymond, age 34, from the Tolland County town of Willington, was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, according to Connecticut State Police.
According to the arrest warrant, at about 5 p.m. on May 3, 2020, a state trooper was waved down by a man screaming for help.
The trooper pulled into the driveway, located on Tolland Turnpike, and the man allegedly said his son was hit by a vehicle his wife was driving and ne…