Rebecca Grossman, a social woman, is charged with murder and manslaughter for allegedly plowing her Mercedes-Benz into two young boys in Los Angeles.
Grossman, 57, was arrested on September 29 after police said he beat and killed Mark Iskander, 11, and his 9-year-old brother, Jacob, as they were crossing the street with their family in Westlake Village, London. has.
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – MAY 18: Rebecca Grossman Grossman accepts the Betty Fisher Legacy Award at Evening of Hope 2017 at Sheraton Universal on May 18, 2017 (Photo by Rebecca Sapp / Getty Images for Haven Hills)
KTLA-TV said on Wednesday that Grossman, the former publisher of Westlake Magazine and the wife of leading plastic surgeon Peter Grossman, had been hit.
She is charged with two counts of murder and manslaughter with serious negligence, the station said.
Grossman also faces a count of hit-and-run driving that leads to death.
Authorities said at the time of the incident that speed and alcohol were both factors.
The boys crossed a three-way intersection with six family members, including their parents, during the fatal incident.
Cops said the boys’ mother tried to pull the children back, including a toddler in a stroller, but could not save her two young sons.
Mark Iskander died at the scene and his brother in a nearby hospital, police said.
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Police said Grossman drove about a quarter mile before pulling over.