PROVO, Utah — Manslaughter and child abuse charges have been filed against the woman accused of driving with trash blocking her view before hitting and killing a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 4-year-old boy.
Nereyda Yessenia Miranda Montano was charged with Manslaughter and Child Abuse for the October 28 incident and is currently being held without bail.
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Family identifies toddler hit, killed by SUV in Provo
Provo Police said Montano didn't see the two children while driving a GMC Yukon through Brough Trailer Court near 860 W. Columbia Lane. According to court documents, the children were at the end of their driveway watching their father repair a bicycle at the time of the crash.
Montano was reportedly with two grocery store bags filled with trash on the hood of her car as she intended to throw away the garbage at the trailer park's dumpster, which is near the Martinez residence. She left her lane of travel and struck the children, killing 2-year-old Claudia Isela Sandoval Martinez
Video footage from a neighbor's home showed Montano's SUV "traveling quickly" before hitting the siblings, an arrest report showed.
