A 79-year-old woman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of felony vehicular manslaughter related to a car crash that killed a family of four at a bus stop in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood in March.
A 79-year-old woman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of felony vehicular manslaughter related to a car crash that killed a family of four at a bus stop in San Francisco 's West Portal neighborhood in March.Mary Fong Lau remains free before trial. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Kenneth Wine forbade her from driving, but refrained from putting her under house arrest as prosecutors requested. Lau has not driven since the crash, her defense attorney Sam Geller told the court.
"Geller added that he provided law enforcement with information about a similar sudden acceleration in New Jersey involving the same make, model and year of SUV. He did not provide documentation to support that claim by press time.In a press conference on Tuesday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said that the mechanical failure of the vehicle was not a factor in the crash.
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