Cops believe Brooklyn wigmaker and social media influencer Miriam Yarimi was going about twice the speed limit when she fatally struck a mother and two of her children, police sources said Monday.
Natasha Saada, 35 was in the crosswalk with her three young children at Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road in Midwood when Yamini allegedly careened into them Saturday, police said. The mom and her two daughters, Deborah, 5, and Diana, 8, were rushed to Maimonides Medical Center but couldn’t be saved, cops said. Her 4-year-old son remained in critical condition Monday.
Investigators believe Yarimi was going about 50 mph in the 25-mph zone, police sources said.
Yarimi, 32, has been transferred to a psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital after being taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in stable condition, law enforcement sources. After the crash Yamini told responding medics she was possessed, police said Sunday.
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Diana Saada, 8, and Deborah Saada, 5, were killed Saturday with their mother Natasha Saada (not pictured) when they were fatally struck by an unlicensed driver on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, police said. Their 4-year-old brother was critically hurt in the crash. (Obtained by Daily News)
Police have applied for a warrant for the data box from Yarimi’s car, which will show the exact speed she was traveling at and determine whether or not she tried to brake before smashing into another motorist and then the Saada family, sources said.
Cops do not believe alcohol or drugs played a part in the crash.
Yarimi’s arraignment on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to yield to a red light and speeding is pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court as she undergoes a psychiatric evaluation.
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