Driver Dorothy Bruns in fatal Park Slope crash will be charged for death of two kids
Activists cheer rare case against a motorist who killed
The disabled driver who fatally ran down two kids in Park Slope in March is now facing up to 15 years in jail for disregarding her doctor’s orders to not drive given her heart condition and multiple sclerosis, authorities said Thursday.
Dorothy Bruns, 44, looked feeble and moved slowly as she faced a Brooklyn judge after a grand jury indicted her on 10 counts, including manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide in the March 5 deaths of Joshua Lew, 1, and Abigail Blumenstein, 4. The children were killed after Bruns had a seizure and drove her Volvo through a red light — a crime rather than an accident, prosecutors said, because Bruns ignored her doctor.
“This tragic incident could have been foreseen and avoided,” Assistant DA Craig Esswein told Justice Danny Chun. “But she didn’t listen — and two people died.”
Three others were injured, including the children’s mothers.