Elderly woman dies after Manassas crash
By Roger Snyder/News & Messenger
An aerial shot of the intersection of Hastings Drive and Va. 234.
An elderly woman suffered fatal injuries in a Tuesday evening crash on Va. 234 in Manassas.
It happened about 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Hastings Drive, city police Sgt. Tim Neumann said. A 1994 Buick Regal turning left from Va. 234 struck a 1993 Honda Accord head on, he said.
The Honda’s passenger, 81-year-old Crystella Brown of Penny Lane in Manassas suffered fatal injuries and died after the crash.
Police charged the Buick’s driver, 67-year-old Loretta Montgomery of Butternut Circle in Manassas, with reckless driving for failing to yield right-of-way at the intersection, Neumann said.
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If the accused was charged with reckless driving, and if that reckless driving was the cause of another person’s death, shouldn’t she be charged with negligent homicide?
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