She hit two little boys in a crosswalk going 81 mph. Then she kept driving.
A socialite and her baseball star boyfriend were racing Mercedes down a suburban street. Two brothers were just trying to cross. She blamed everyone but herself. Even wrote to Elon Musk
A suburb outside Los Angeles. Upscale. Quiet. The kind of place where nothing ever happens.
Nancy Isander, her husband Kareem, and their four kids are tired of being cooped up inside during the pandemic.
They decide to go for a walk through the neighborhood. Get some air. Be a family.
Nancy and her youngest, 5 year old Zachary, lead the pack. She's on rollerblades. He's on his scooter.
Right behind them are the two oldest boys. Mark, 11, on his skateboard. Jacob, 8, on rollerblades.
Dad is jogging behind everyone with the baby in a stroller.
They reach a four lane road.No stoplight at the intersection. Just a wide crosswalk.
Nancy and Zachary are about three quarters of the way across when she hears it.
Two engines. Roaring toward them.
A black Mercedes and a white Mercedes. Side by side. Zigzagging between lanes.
Neither one is slowing down.
Nancy's instincts take over. She grabs Zachary and throws herself toward the sidewalk.
The black car screams through the intersection first.
She looks back just in time to see the white Mercedes drive right where Mark and Jacob were standing.
It passes.
Her children are gone. Jacob is found 50 feet from the crosswalk.
Nancy would later testify he looked like he was sleeping.
He dies in the hospital a few hours later.Blunt force trauma.
Mark is thrown 150 feet. Every bone in his body is broken. He doesn't make it.
The white Mercedes doesn't stop.
It keeps going for another quarter mile before the engine shuts itself down.
Not because the driver hit the brakes.
Because the car's built in crash detection system killed the engine automatically.
And called 911 on its own.
The driver picks up the phone
"My airbag just exploded. I have no idea what happened."
Her name is Rebecca Grossman.