Police: Driver, 18, arrested after van kills woman in Hempstead
Quick ReadKayla Gerdes was arrested and faces multiple charges, including driving while under the influence of drugs.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | A commercial work van crashed onto the front lawn of a home in Hempstead, Tuesday, killing a woman, police said. The van came to a rest on the front porch of the home on Cathedral Avenue, the body of the victim lodged under the van. (April 20, 2010)
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Nassau police arrested a 18-year-old woman Tuesday after the van she was driving crashed into a house in Hempstead, killing a woman who had been on the front lawn, officials said.
The driver, Kayla Gerdes, of Meister Boulevard, Freeport, was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, driving while under the influence of drugs and unlicensed...
