Thursday, April 22, 2010

She Should Have Stayed off Her Lawn

And as for the young killer's comment in the last paragraph below, I think she should be told now that she's sentenced to die when she's 70.

Woman Charged In Hempstead Van-Lawn Death: 'She Was Old' - 1010WINS.com�: "The18-year-old woman charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of Hempstead woman told her side of the story Wednesday, and some of her comments are shocking.

Police say Kayla Gerdes was high on painkillers when she drove a van onto the front lawn and into a house in Hempstead, killing homeowner Rebecca Twine-Wright, 69, who was mowing her lawn.

Before her arraignment at Nassau County District Court on Wednesday, a very emotional Gerdes told reporters 'I didn't mean to do it. The car went out of control -- I was pressing the brake...it was a was a mistake.'

However, it's what she told police that is hard to believe.

At 2:10 a.m. Wednesday, about 16 hours after the Tuesday morning accident, in a statement to police, Gerdes was quoted as saying: 'The thing that made me feel not so bad was she was old. 'I mean, 70 years is a long time to live.'"

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