Attorney: Kayla Gerdes' passenger glad she's taken responsibility
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Kayla Gerdes is brought out of Nassau County police headquarters to be arraigned on Wednesday in Mineola. Police said she was driving while ability impaired by drugs when the van she was driving struck and killed a woman outside her Hempstead home. (April 21, 2010)
Not-guilty plea in fatal van crash
Attorney for Kayla Gerdes appears in court
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Van crashes into house, kills woman
An attorney for the roofer who let a teenager police say was stoned drive his van, hitting and killing a woman, said Saturday his client is "grateful" that the teen "has accepted responsibility for her actions."
Police have said that the department and the district attorney's office may criminally charge the roofer, Brian Steele of Oceanside, for letting the teen, Kayla Gerdes, 18, drive while...
