A suspected drunk driver struck and killed a girl in Florida — after which callously instructed police the sufferer was “only a homeless particular person,” in line with police.
Ivana Gomez, 32, was rushing her BMW by way of Miami in late Might when she struck 41-year-old Kathryn Kipnis so laborious that Kipnis’ head burst by way of the windshield and a few of her hair received caught, officers stated.
Kipnis — who was not homeless — died after being dragged for greater than 230 ft earlier than being “violently thrown off” the car, in line with an arrest doc obtained by CBS Information.
A police officer who witnessed the horrific crash needed to drive at over 100 mph to maintain up with Gomez as she sped off, solely catching up when she received caught at a crimson gentle, cops stated.
Police famous that Gomez smelled like alcohol, had crimson, watery eyes and there was contemporary vomit in her automobile, WSVN reported.
She struggled with a subject sobriety take a look at and demanded a lawyer, the docs stated.
Even so, as she was being positioned at the back of the police cruiser, Gomez “spontaneously said that it was only a homeless individual that I hit and it’s simply an accident,” in line with the police report.
Bodycam footage launched this week exhibits Gomez in cuffs and with out footwear moments after her arrest on DUI manslaughter and vehicular murder fees.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t seize her dismissing the sufferer as “only a homeless particular person” — which Gomez denied ever saying when it was raised at her preliminary court docket listening to in Might, WSVN reported.
“Your Honor, I by no means stated that. I didn’t say that in any way. That’s false,” she instructed the decide.
Kipnis was, in actual fact, not homeless.
She lived within the space and was on her manner dwelling after an evening out with associates, her father instructed NBC6.
Authorities confirmed graphic photos on the listening to exhibiting the mangled BMW and a head-shaped gap gaping within the windshield.
Gomez “hit the sufferer so laborious that the sufferer’s head went into the car, by way of the windshield, and a number of the sufferer’s hair received caught on the passenger’s seat belt,” stated prosecutor Laura Adams on the Might listening to.
Almost 5 hours after the crash, Gomez’s blood alcohol degree was .112 — above the authorized restrict of .08.
Gomez is dealing with DUI manslaughter and vehicular murder fees and stays locked up on a $251,000 bond.
