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Woman Accused of Hit-and-Run of a Police Officer Says Children Distracted Her ? California Vehicle Code Section 20001

By Walin & Klarich

An Indiana woman wanted in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a Greenfield police officer turned herself in on Monday, claiming that she had been distracted by her three children who were in the car at the time. 61-year-old Sue Ann Vanderbeck of Indianapolis told police that on September 28, the accident occurred when she was driving home after midnight from her late mother?s home in Cambridge City with her three children: a 4-year-old boy with autism and two 15-month-old twins. Vanderbeck said she was traveling westbound on U.S. 40, singing to and looking back at her 4-year-old son who was reportedly difficult to keep calm, when she swerved to avoid an unknown object in the roadway. The right fender of Vanderbeck?s van struck what she determined to be a bicycle...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on October 06, 2010 (boomark / email).