The Lengthy Island mom accused of killing her younger son in a wrong-way crash whereas she was driving excessive on methamphetamines had her license suspended for the 57th time throughout her arraignment Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors stated.
Suffolk County Choose Richard I. Horowitz ordered the suspension of Kerri Bedrick’s driver’s license till the conclusion of the case and held the 32-year-old in custody with out bail after she pleaded not responsible to homicide fees throughout her arraignment.
Bedrick’s license was already suspended on Aug. 22 when she drove the improper approach on the Southern State Parkway round 2:15 a.m. and brought on a four-car wreck that killed her 9-year-old son, authorities stated.
A deputy sheriff tried to tug over Bedrick when he initially noticed her going the improper approach, however she went sooner and drove across the deputy’s car, prosecutors stated.
The deputy trailed her for greater than 5 miles in a westbound lane from a protected distance as she reached 100 miles per hour into oncoming visitors in eastbound lanes, prosecutors stated.
Bedrick ultimately crashed into different automobiles, together with a Mercedes GLS SUV, head-on so severely that her engine launched into the woods, the district legal professional’s workplace stated.
Her 9-year-old son, Eli D. Henrys, was discovered unconscious within the backseat of the 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse and later died of his accidents on the hospital.
Authorities later decided the defendant was impaired throughout her street rampage and located a prescription bottle with the label torn off inside her automotive following the crash, in accordance with prosecutors.
The motorist allegedly admitted to police to taking methamphetamines round 8 p.m. the evening earlier than the lethal collision, Suffolk Assistant District Lawyer Laura Newcombe beforehand stated final month.
On high of the homicide fees, she’s dealing with legal counts of aggravated vehicular murder, manslaughter and different associated fees, together with an aggravated unlicensed operation of a motorcar rap.
Bedrick’s license was already suspended 56 occasions on eight completely different days main as much as the crash earlier than she was hit with one other suspension on Wednesday. A driver might be slapped with a number of suspensions in in the future for varied causes, in accordance with state legislation.
Suffolk County District Lawyer Raymond Tierney stated the slew of fees present “the extreme nature” of the incident that he known as a “heinous act.”
“The lack of life on this incident, significantly that of a younger little one, is heartbreaking,” he stated in a press release.
Bedrick’s lawyer, Scott Zerner, known as the crash “a tragic accident.”
“Nobody on this planet is extra upset about it than she is,” Zerner advised The Submit.
“She suffers from illnesses and has been prescribed the methamphetamine correctly by a physician and he or she was not below affect of any alcohol or any non-prescription drug that she was not prescribed.”
Zerner declined to touch upon the allegation she was driving and not using a license on the time of the crash.
Bedrick and different two different drivers within the pile-up have been handled for accidents.
The mother might spend 25 years to life in jail if she’s discovered responsible of the highest rely together with her subsequent court docket date set for Oct. 22.
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