Illegal Kills Mother, Daughter While Driving Drunk
How many more times do we need to hear stories like these until we start cracking down on illegal immigration? Truly sickening.
BREWSTER, N.Y. — Authorities expect to file additional criminal charges against the Brewster man who struck and killed an 8-year-old girl and her mother outside a popular dance studio Monday evening.
Conses Garcia Zacarias, 35, was allegedly driving drunk when his pickup truck ran through the intersection of Routes 22 and 6 about 6:45 p.m. and hit Kayla Donohue and her mother, Lori, 37, both Brewster residents, who were crossing the street.
State police said the two victims had just left the Seven Stars School of Performing Arts, where the child was taking lessons. She was pinned to the wall of the building and pronounced dead at the scene.
Her mother was taken to Putnam Hospital, then transferred to Westchester County Medical Center, where she died later Monday.
The “investigation revealed that a full-size pickup truck, operated by a lone male, was driving erratically eastbound on (Route 6) through the village,” according to police.
Zacarias, who police said was also driving without a license, was arraigned before Town of Southeast Judge Gregory Folchetti and is being held in Putnam County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Federal immigrations officials have lodged a detainer against Zacarias because he is in the country illegally, according to Capt. William McNamara, spokesman for the jail.
State police said Zacharias was charged with one count of vehicular manslaughter in the first degree, a class C felony, and driving while intoxicated, but they expect to file a second manslaughter count as a result of Lori Donohue’s death.
