The Long Island mother accused of sidesplitting her young boy successful a wrong-way crash while she was driving precocious on methamphetamines had her licence suspended for nan 57th clip during her arraignment Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors said.
Suffolk County Judge Richard I. Horowitz ordered nan suspension of Kerri Bedrick’s driver’s licence until nan conclusion of nan lawsuit and held nan 32-year-old successful custody without bail aft she pleaded not blameworthy to execution charges during her arraignment.
Bedrick’s licence was already suspended connected Aug. 22 erstwhile she drove nan incorrect measurement connected nan Southern State Parkway astir 2:15 a.m. and caused a four-car wreck that killed her 9-year-old son, authorities said.
A lawman sheriff tried to propulsion complete Bedrick erstwhile he initially spotted her going nan incorrect way, but she went faster and drove astir nan deputy’s vehicle, prosecutors said.
The lawman trailed her for much than 5 miles successful a westbound lane from a safe region arsenic she reached 100 miles per hr into oncoming postulation successful eastbound lanes, prosecutors said.
Bedrick yet collapsed into different cars, including a Mercedes GLS SUV, head-on truthful severely that her motor launched into nan woods, nan territory attorney’s agency said.
Her 9-year-old son, Eli D. Henrys, was recovered unconscious successful nan backseat of nan 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse and later died of his injuries astatine nan hospital.
Authorities later wished nan defendant was impaired during her roadworthy rampage and recovered a medicine vessel pinch nan explanation torn disconnected wrong her car pursuing nan crash, according to prosecutors.
The motorist allegedly admitted to constabulary to taking methamphetamines astir 8 p.m. nan nighttime earlier nan deadly collision, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Laura Newcombe antecedently said past month.
On apical of nan execution charges, she’s facing criminal counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and different related charges, including an aggravated unlicensed cognition of a centrifugal conveyance rap.
Bedrick’s licence was already suspended 56 times connected 8 different days starring up to nan clang earlier she was deed pinch different suspension connected Wednesday. A driver tin beryllium slapped pinch aggregate suspensions successful 1 time for various reasons, according to authorities law.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said nan slew of charges show “the terrible nature” of nan incident that he called a “heinous act.”
“The nonaccomplishment of life successful this incident, peculiarly that of a young child, is heartbreaking,” he said successful a statement.
Bedrick’s lawyer, Scott Zerner, called nan clang “a tragic accident.”
“No 1 connected this satellite is much upset astir it than she is,” Zerner told The Post.
“She suffers from ailments and has been prescribed the methamphetamine properly by a expert and she was not nether power of immoderate intoxicant aliases immoderate non-prescription supplier that she was not prescribed.”
Zerner declined to remark connected nan allegation she was driving without a licence astatine nan clip of nan crash.
Bedrick and other two different drivers successful nan pile-up were treated for injuries.
The mom could walk 25 years to life successful situation if she’s recovered blameworthy of nan apical count pinch her adjacent tribunal day group for Oct. 22.
Copyright © PAPAREAD.COM 2024
