jakncoke
09-04-2008, 03:21 AM
A boozed-up Bronx woman killed her aunt and injured two other relatives when she plowed a pickup truck through a family picnic at a Long Island water park, authorities said yesterday.
Yerardin Gil, 20, was held on $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty to DWI charges in a Riverhead Town courtroom.
Cops said she could face more serious charges for allegedly killing her 43-year-old aunt, Rosa Ortiz, on Sunday when she drove a Chevrolet Avalanche in the parking lot of Splish Splash water park in Riverhead.
Prosecutors said that Gil, a cashier at a Yonkers restaurant, guzzled Corona beers before getting behind the wheel of the massive truck and drove roughly eight to 12 feet when she accidentally struck three relatives who were eating on a grassy patch in front of her.
"She's very upset, she's very regretful, and she's trying to come to terms with what she did," said her court-appointed attorney, William Ferris.
GAL KILLS AUNT - New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/09032008/news/regionalnews/dwi_gal_kills_aunt_127212.htm)
2 thoughts
1) why is the family letting a drunk get behind the wheel
2) In the opinion of this member those things where you have to breath in to start the car should be mandatory, I bet DUI deaths would fall by like 40%
Yerardin Gil, 20, was held on $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty to DWI charges in a Riverhead Town courtroom.
Cops said she could face more serious charges for allegedly killing her 43-year-old aunt, Rosa Ortiz, on Sunday when she drove a Chevrolet Avalanche in the parking lot of Splish Splash water park in Riverhead.
Prosecutors said that Gil, a cashier at a Yonkers restaurant, guzzled Corona beers before getting behind the wheel of the massive truck and drove roughly eight to 12 feet when she accidentally struck three relatives who were eating on a grassy patch in front of her.
"She's very upset, she's very regretful, and she's trying to come to terms with what she did," said her court-appointed attorney, William Ferris.
GAL KILLS AUNT - New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/09032008/news/regionalnews/dwi_gal_kills_aunt_127212.htm)
2 thoughts
1) why is the family letting a drunk get behind the wheel
2) In the opinion of this member those things where you have to breath in to start the car should be mandatory, I bet DUI deaths would fall by like 40%