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Cops: Drunken Bronx mom driving 7 girls crashes, 1 dead
Quick ReadA Bronx mother was charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI after crashing her vehicle, killing an 11-year-old passenger and injuring several others.
Photo credit: Handout | Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed Sunday when the car she was a passenger in crashed on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan. (Oct. 11, 2009)
A Bronx mother who New York City police said was driving drunk on the West Side Highway with her daughter and six other young girls in the car crashed the vehicle early Sunday, killing an 11-year-old passenger and injuring several others.
Carmen Huertas, 31, was driving a tan 1998 Mercury Sable north on the West Side Highway with seven girls to her Mount Eden home for a sleepover, according...
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