Driver indicted for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide in crash that killed mother, 2 children
This image provided by the Office of the New York Mayor shows the scene, Saturday, March 29, 2025, where a woman driving on a suspended license was allegedly speeding and failed to yield after stopping at a red light, collided with another vehicle and then into a family walking in the crosswalk. Photo: Mayoral Photography Office/Justin Persaud via AP
By Jaime DeJesus
April 22, 2025
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GRAVESEND — Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned during her first in-court appearance on an indictment charging her with multiple counts of manslaughter after allegedly hitting and killing two children and their mother and leaving one child in critical condition in Gravesend in March.
Yarimi pleaded not guilty.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez made the announcement on Friday.
“This horrific fatal crash was one of the worst I’ve seen in over 25 years as a prosecutor,” Gonzalez said. “It wasn’t an accident. This defendant’s unconscionably dangerous driving wiped out a family. The consequences of her flouting traffic laws and commonsense were disastrous, and we will now seek to hold her fully accountable for this criminally reckless behavior.”
Police show up at the fatal Gravesend accident that killed three family members and left one in critical condition. Photo courtesy of Loudlab News NYC
Yarimi, a wig maker and Midwood resident, was arraigned by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun. She was charged with multiple counts of second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault and other counts.
She was ordered held without bail and to return to court on June 11. The defendant is facing a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top count.
According to police, on March 29 at 1 p.m., Natasha Saada, 34, was crossing the street at Ocean Parkway with her children Diana, 8, Deborah, 5, and Philip, 4. Cops said Yarimi was driving an Audi sedan north on Ocean Parkway at the intersection of Quentin Road when she allegedly hit a Toyota Camry driven by a 63-year-old man, then struck the Saada family. Her car then flipped over and landed on its roof.
Police show up at the fatal Gravesend accident that killed three family members and left one in critical condition. Photo courtesy of Loudlab News NYC
The Brooklyn DA’s office said video surveillance shows Yarimi’s car driving through a red light a block before the crash, narrowly avoiding other cars and continuing north on Ocean Parkway. Evidence from a black box also showed she was driving 68 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone.
The boy suffered skull fractures, brain bleeding and had a kidney removed. According to the New York Post, he is in a medically induced coma.
The Toyota was an Uber ride and included the driver, a mother and her three kids. They all sustained minor injuries. Yarimi suffered minor physical injuries.
The DA thanked detectives from the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad for their assistance in the investigation.
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