孩子生日派對上喝醉的「小女人」致人死亡

在密西根州紐波特的一次生日派對上，一名醉酒司機撞入船庫，造成兩名兒童死亡：8 歲的拉娜·菲利普斯和她 4 歲的弟弟扎恩。另有十三人受傷，包括受害者的母親和一名情況危急的 11 歲兄弟。 66歲的司機馬塞拉·奇德斯特(Marssella Chidester)被指控犯有兩項二級謀殺罪，即醉酒駕駛造成死亡和醉酒駕駛造成嚴重傷害。

Tragedy at Children's Birthday Party as Impaired Driver Crashes Into Boathouse, Killing Two Young Siblings

兒童生日派對上發生悲劇，受傷司機撞入船庫，導致兩名年幼的兄弟姊妹喪生

NEWPORT, MICHIGAN – A somber atmosphere hung over the Newport community on Saturday, as a joyous celebration of a child's birthday turned into an unspeakable tragedy. A runaway vehicle, driven by an intoxicated individual, crashed into a boathouse where children were gathered, leaving a devastating toll: two young siblings deceased and 13 others injured.

密西根州紐波特—週六，紐波特社區籠罩著陰沉的氣氛，一個孩子的生日的歡樂慶祝變成了一場難以形容的悲劇。一名醉酒者駕駛的一輛失控車輛撞上了孩子們聚集的船庫，造成了慘重傷亡：兩名年幼的兄弟姐妹死亡，另外 13 人受傷。

The victims, identified as Lana Philipps, 8, and her 4-year-old brother Zayn, were tragically killed in the crash. Their mother, as well as their 11-year-old brother, sustained injuries; the latter remains in critical condition at a local hospital.

受害者是 8 歲的拉娜·菲利普斯 (Lana Philipps) 和她 4 歲的弟弟扎恩 (Zayn)，他們在事故中不幸身亡。他們的母親和 11 歲的兄弟都受傷了；後者在當地一家醫院仍處於危急狀態。

The driver of the vehicle, 66-year-old Marshella Chidester, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, operating while intoxicated causing death, and operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, according to NBC News. Subsequent to the accident, Chidester's blood alcohol content was found to be above the legal limit.

據 NBC 新聞報道，該車司機 66 歲的馬塞拉·奇德斯特 (Marssella Chidester) 被指控犯有兩項二級謀殺罪：醉酒駕駛導致死亡，以及醉酒駕駛造成嚴重傷害。事故發生後，奇德斯特的血液酒精含量被發現超過法定限量。

As Chidester appeared before the Monroe County court on Tuesday, her attorney presented a defense claiming that she had been experiencing seizures in her legs since November, leading to paralysis. Allegedly, she had received treatment for this condition on the day of the incident, as reported by The Detroit News. Bill Colovos, Chidester's attorney, asserted that she was driving "like a little old lady," had no prior criminal record, and had only consumed "a glass of wine and a bowl of chili" at a local bar prior to getting behind the wheel.

週二，當奇德斯特在門羅縣法院出庭時，她的律師提出辯護，聲稱自 11 月以來，她的腿部一直癲癇發作，導致癱瘓。據《底特律新聞》報道，據稱，事發當天她已經接受了這種情況的治療。奇德斯特的律師比爾·科洛沃斯(Bill Colovos) 聲稱，她開車的方式“像個小老太太”，之前沒有犯罪記錄，並且在開車前只在當地一家酒吧喝了“一杯酒和一碗辣椒」。 。

However, prosecutor Jeffrey Yorkey countered this argument, highlighting the absence of any evidence suggesting that Chidester had experienced a seizure at the time of the accident.

然而，檢察官傑弗裡·約基反駁了這一論點，強調沒有任何證據表明奇德斯特在事故發生時經歷過癲癇發作。

Heart-wrenching testimonies were shared by family members of the victims. "I had to tell my sister that her babies were gone when they took her off life support yesterday. She asked me how she was supposed to live without them," recounted a distraught Raquel Smouthers. "No one should go to a birthday party and think they're going to die," she added.

受害者家屬分享了令人心碎的證詞。心煩意亂的拉奎爾·斯茅斯回憶道：「我不得不告訴我姐姐，昨天他們取消了她的生命維持系統後，她的孩子們就離開了。她問我沒有他們她該如何生活。 「沒有人應該去參加生日派對並認為自己會死，」她補充道。

"She chose to drink and they were my babies. She chose to get in that car, she chose to drive drunk, and she took our babies," lamented Kathy Philipps, the victims' grandmother.

「她選擇喝酒，他們是我的孩子。她選擇上那輛車，她選擇酒後駕車，她帶走了我們的孩子，」受害者的祖母凱西·菲利普斯感嘆道。

Chidester's bond has been set at $1.5 million.

Chidester 的保證金定為 150 萬美元。