Brit mum & daughters, 5 & 8, killed by driver who said ‘I have the devil in me’ in crash while walking home in NYC
A BRITISH mum and her two daughters were killed in a horror crash in New York by a driver who allegedly said “I have the devil in me”.
Natasha Saada, 34, who grew up in Mill Hill, north London, was walking home from a synagogue with her young children when they were fatally struck by an Audi.
Diana, eight, and Deborah, five, were also killed in the terrifying smash on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn just after 1pm on Saturday.
Ms Saada’s four-year-old son Philip was critically injured in the crash.
The driver, who mowed down the family with a luxury sedan, is allegedly a wigmaker named Miriam Yarimi.
Police said that Yarimi, 32, crashed into a Uber driver, which forced the taxi to be pushed aside while the Audi collided with the family.
Passengers inside the Uber, Mahbuba Ahmedova and her young family — Shukrona Ibodilloev, 4, Sakhruz Ibodilloev, 6, and Shakhzod Ibodilloev, 12 — were also hurt in the crash.
Yarimi had to be forcibly removed from the vehicle by firefighters and was reportedly in a stable condition following the smash.
The wigmaker has been charged with three counts each of criminal negligent homicide, manslaughter and assault in the second degree as well as several other charges.
According to online records, Yarimi’s Audi had accumulated over 93 traffic violations, which included 20 speeding tickets and over $10,000 in fines.
A local resident told The Daily News that the vehicle crash sounded like an “earthquake”.
He said: “I quickly ran, called 911, reported it in there. There was emergency Hatzalah there on the scene within two minutes of that phone call, they came in there.
“They performed CPR on the lady. There was another kid right next to that… and they did CPR on them.
“There was a little boy did the CPR, and hopefully they got a pulse on him. Just really ugly scene.”
Ocean Parkway is notorious for being one of the deadliest roads in the Brooklyn borough.
After the crash, a group of state lawmakers and safety advocates rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall, calling for new legislation to stop “super speeders” and other reckless drivers.
A memorial was set up near the scene of the deadly cash, with three sets of candles and pink and white roses marking the spot.
“Rest in the most beautiful peace, dear family,” reads a hand-written sign at the scene. “Justice will be served. Peace, love and good vibes to the family, friends and community of those lost. Brooklyn comes together.”
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