US EditionAdvocate pushes for speed limiters after fatal Brooklyn crash
- On a Saturday afternoon, 32-year-old Miriam Yarimi, driving an Audi with a suspended license, sped through a red light at Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road in Brooklyn, causing a crash that killed Natasha Saada, 34, and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5, while they were crossing the street around 1 p.m.
- The fatal incident occurred on Ocean Parkway, a 5.5-mile roadway known for drag racing and reckless driving, where a cyclist was also killed in 2019, leading to calls for a redesign to improve safety for pedestrians and motorists.
- Miriam Yarimi, driving an Audi, rear-ended a Toyota Camry that was yielding to pedestrians, causing her car to careen into the Saada family in the crosswalk, while her four-year-old son Philip was critically injured and the 62-year-old Camry driver was hospitalized in stable condition with four passengers sustaining minor injuries.
- Miriam Yarimi's Audi sedan had a history of reckless driving, accumulating 20 or 21 speeding tickets since 2023 and 99 parking and camera violations between August 2023 and March 2024, with $1,345 in unpaid fines and reports of $10,000 in unpaid fines, and she allegedly told first responders that she was "possessed" and that the CIA was following her.
- Following the crash, lawmakers and advocates, including Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets and Gersh Kuntzman of Streetsblog, are demanding action and urging the passage of legislation in Albany that would require speed limiters in vehicles of repeat offenders, defined as those with 6 or more speed camera tickets or 11 points on their license, in an effort to prevent future tragedies on roadways like Ocean Parkway where 15 people have died since 2017.
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