Wright County mom charged after 15-year-old kills pedestrian
Wright County mother Charlotte Free Breton was charged Thursday in connection with a May 3 crash in Rockford that killed a woman who was walking on a sidewalk.[1]
She faces charges of aiding and abetting criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation causing substantial bodily harm, prosecutors said.[1] The victim's wife was seriously injured in the crash.[1]
The crash happened at Ash Street and County Road 33 when the van failed to turn, jumped the curb and struck the two women who were walking on the sidewalk.[1]
Airbag data and witness accounts showed the van never braked, and investigators say the driver was a 15-year-old with no permit who had only completed classroom driver education.[1]
Breton is charged in Wright County, and prosecutors allege she allowed the unlicensed teen to drive.[1]
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- Defendant Charlotte Free Breton is charged in Wright County with aiding and abetting criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation causing substantial bodily harm.
- The May 3 crash at Ash Street and County Road 33 in Rockford killed one woman and seriously injured her wife as they walked on a sidewalk.
- Breton’s 15-year-old daughter had no permit, had only completed classroom driver’s ed, and was driving for the first time when the van failed to turn, jumped the curb and never braked, according to airbag data and witness accounts.
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