Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Deadly Brooklyn Crash

Court Appearance for Deadly Collision

• 📌 Miriam Yarimi made her first in-person court appearance following a fatal collision in Midwood, Brooklyn.
• ⚖️ Her attorney entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf to charges including second-degree manslaughter.

Charges and Victims

• 💔 Yarimi is accused of striking and killing Natasha Assada, her two daughters Diana (8) and Deborah (5), while they were crossing Ocean Parkway.
• ⚠️ Assada's four-year-old son remains in critical condition, in an induced coma.
• 🗣️ The Brooklyn District Attorney acknowledged the community's suffering and the tremendous loss.

Driver's Record and Defense

• 🚗 Prosecutors stated Yarimi was driving with a suspended license and had over 90 traffic violations with $10,000 in unpaid fines.
• ❓ Yarimi's attorney questioned the validity of the license suspension, suggesting her license may not have been properly suspended.
• 🏠 The defense argued Yarimi is not a flight risk, has no prior violent offenses, and requested conditional release.

Legal Proceedings and Potential Sentence

• 🗓️ Yarimi was remanded, and her next court date is scheduled for June 11th.
• ⛓️ If convicted, she faces a prison sentence of 15 to 45 years.