A pregnant woman who killed another pregnant woman in a 2012 car crash was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Pleading guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter, 37-year-old Rosa Rivera Kim not only killed 26-year-old, 7-month pregnant Alanna DeMella, but her unborn child as well. Daily Mail reports:
DeMella was killed when Kim drunkenly smashed her car into a poolside cabana at Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, The Sun Sentinel reports.
DeMella was in town for a two-day marriage conference with husband Michael at the Calvary Chapel after winning the trip and flying down from their home in Wodburn, Mass.
Michael was in the restroom at the time of the accident. He suffered only minor injuries.
Before she was sentenced, Kim gave a gut wrenching testimony expressing sorrow for her actions.
Her blood alcohol had been 0.24 at the time of the accident. That’s three times more than the legal limit.
As far as what Kim had to say, she seemed very remorseful for the crash:
‘All I can say is I’m so sorry,’ said a weeping Kim. ‘If I could do anything to bring them back, I would … I would have thrown myself in front of a car if I would have seen that happening.’
Kim is pregnant again, and will reportedly hand the baby over to her family once it’s born so she can finish her sentence.
SOURCE: DailyMail | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
