Driver Arrested Following Crash That Killed Ruthie Ann Miles' Daughter
By: Nicole Rosky May. 04, 2018
Tragedy struck the Broadway community earlier this spring when Ruthie Ann Miles was the victim of a fatal car crash that took the life of her four year old daughter Abigail. According to USA Today, the driver, Dorothy Bruns, was arreseted yesterday in her Staten Island home. Her charges include: manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and reckless driving.
As previously reported by the New York Daily News, medics were called to the home of Bruns, 44, just three days before the incident. Bruns had been suffering from a 'cardiac condition'. This had previously occurred on December 22 as well as November 19. Bruns took medical leave from her job and only recently returned in February. She suffers from multiple sclerosis and had a seizure behind the wheel on the day of the crash.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, an out-of-control driver ran a red light on Monday, March 5, fatally hitting two children, Miles' daughter Abigail Blumenstein and one year old Joshua Lew. The two children were with their mothers at the time, heading home from a church event at the nearby community center. Miles, in her 7th month of pregnancy was brought to the hospital in critical condition. The victims were rushed to New York-Presbyterian Methodist Brooklyn Hospital, but the children could not be saved.
The driver was Dorothy Bruns, 44. Her car has been cited four times for running red lights, as well as four times for speeding through a school zone, in the past two years. Bruns attempted to speed away from the scene but crashed into several cars and was stopped by witnesses.
For details on the initial incident, visit the New York Daily News here.
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