Woman Indicted for Deaths of 2 Park Slope Young Children in March

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Dorothy Bruns, 44, has been indicted for the deaths of two very young children in March, on 9th Street near 5th Avenue in Park Slope.

Bruns drove right through a cross walk on March 5 as Joshua Lew, 1 and Abigail Blumenstein, 4 were crossing with their mothers. Both children were tragically killed.

Bruns has been charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault.

The driver had 12 previous violations since 2016

for numerous offenses including speeding in school zones and driving through red lights.

Updates to follow.