The mom who was arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence last October after getting in an accident that killed an 11-year old girl and injured six of her young daughter’s friends, plead guilty to 16 counts resulting from the accident earlier this week.
32-year old Carmen Huertas admitted that she had been drinking at a relative’s birthday party before picking up the girls to take them to her home in the Bronx for a sleepover. After the accident, police registered Huertas’ BAC at .132 percent and determined that she was driving 18 miles per hour over the speed limit.
New York State developed a new law, named Leandra’s Law, in memorial of the 11-year old Leandra Rosado who was killed in the car crash. Leandra’s Law makes drunk driving with children in the car a felony crime.
