This poor girl... I can't imagine how she must feel.....
Teen Learning To Park Car Kills Mom
Apr 15, 2005 12:15 pm US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (MARLBORO, N.J.) A 16-year-old girl practicing how to parallel park backed the car into her mother, killing the woman, authorities said.
Ryta Z. Deriso, 44, of Marlboro, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon a short time after the accident was reported to police, said Robert A. Honecker Jr., first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor. The girl's name was not released because she is a juvenile.
Prosecutors decided not to file charges in the case, Honecker said Friday.
'This is going down as a tragic accident,' he said.
The teenager, who had a valid learner's permit, was practicing parking as her mother watched. The two had set up cones on the quiet street, several doors down from where they lived, Honecker said.
Several neighbors told investigators the girl was backing up when she pressed down on the accelerator, and the car jumped onto the curb and struck the woman, Honecker said.
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Apr 15, 2005 12:15 pm US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (MARLBORO, N.J.) A 16-year-old girl practicing how to parallel park backed the car into her mother, killing the woman, authorities said.
Ryta Z. Deriso, 44, of Marlboro, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon a short time after the accident was reported to police, said Robert A. Honecker Jr., first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor. The girl's name was not released because she is a juvenile.
Prosecutors decided not to file charges in the case, Honecker said Friday.
'This is going down as a tragic accident,' he said.
The teenager, who had a valid learner's permit, was practicing parking as her mother watched. The two had set up cones on the quiet street, several doors down from where they lived, Honecker said.
Several neighbors told investigators the girl was backing up when she pressed down on the accelerator, and the car jumped onto the curb and struck the woman, Honecker said.
