A Staten Island woman has been charged with the deaths of 1-year-old Joshua Lew and 4-year-old Abigail Blumenstein, reports the New York Post .
Abigail is the daughter of Tony winning actress Ruthie Ann Miles who starred in the Broadway revival of the King & I.
Dorothy Bruns, 44, is accused of plowing her vehicle into the children and their mothers as they crossed the street. Miles sustained serious injuries, but is said to be improving.
Brun is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault. She said she had suffered a seizure at the time of the accident.
Police have cited her numerous times in the past for speeding in school zones and running red lights, according to the Post.
“No parent should ever, ever lose their kids in this fashion,” said State Sen. Jose Peralta to CBS NY. “The driver who killed these two little angels had four speeding violations in a school zone in one year.”
Prosecutors says doctors have warned Brun not to drive on several occasions.
“She is the last person that should’ve been in a car,” prosecutor Craig Esswein said to CBS NY.
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