"Worcester woman arraigned in death of young son; 3-year-old died, two hurt in crash" by Jacqueline Reis and Scott J. Croteau | Worcester Telegram & Gazette, March 12, 2013
WORCESTER — Christina Castro was fleeing from a hit-and-run accident when she sped along Franklin Street at 70 miles per hour late Monday night and slammed into parked cars, killing her 3-year-old son and injuring two of her other children, authorities said.
None of the three children in the car was wearing a seat belt. Jayden Figueroa, the youngest of Castro’s four children, died in the wreck.
“This is not her; she loves her kids,” said Darilys Mercado, a distant relative of Castro. “We were all basically in shock.”
Castro, 27, of Worcester, was arraigned in Central District Court on Tuesday on charges of motor vehicle homicide and reckless endangerment of a child. Her lawyer entered a not-guilty plea; she is being held on $50,000 bail.
At the time of the crash, Castro was fleeing a minor accident that occurred minutes earlier in the area of Grafton Street, authorities said. She failed to stop after hitting a delivery truck, authorities said....
I hate to even ask, but... illegal?
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