Nakita Marie Walker was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the crash that killed a Lyft driver and his two passengers.
March 15 crash on Rock Creek Parkway that killed a Lyft driver and two men he was taking home from a night out in D.C., the Park Police said in a statement Monday afternoon.Nakita Marie Walker, a 43-year-old from Washington, D.C., was charged with second-degree murder. Efforts to reach her family were not successful.
Mohamed Fofana, the 44-year-old brother-in-law of the Lyft driver killed in the collision, said police told him that officers had arrested the woman Monday.sedan after fleeing a traffic stop for a speeding violation, police said previously. The SUV had more than 40 outstanding traffic tickets with fines that, at the time, totaled $12,300.
“We can’t bring him back and all the other folks who lost their lives in that accident,” Fofana said. “But it’s a step toward accountability and making sure that person is held responsible for destroying three family’s lives.” The SUV was far from the only vehicle in the region to rack up significant unpaid fines. According to data from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, more, and about 1,200 cars were linked to fines exceeding $20,000 over the past five years. In all, more than 6.2 million traffic tickets totaling nearly $1.3 billion in fines and penalties had not been paid to D.C. since Jan. 1, 2000.
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