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Ashley Rivera Involved in Accident That Killed a Driver

By: FL Accident News Blog as Blog Post

Ashley Rivera, 35, is facing criminal charges for causing an accident that killed a driver and injured a passenger this past week. When the accident occurred, Rivera was traveling west on Commercial Boulevard, when she ran a red light. She slammed into a 2014 Nissan Maxima, according to police who arrived on the scene of the accident in Fort Lauderdale.

The Maxima driver was instantly killed at the scene, and the passenger of the vehicle suffered severe life-threatening injuries. Witnesses who saw Rivera before the accident claimed that se was driving at a high rate of speed alone in the car. They heard loud music playing in her vehicle and said that she looked disoriented at the time.

It was determined that the red light was red for six seconds before she went through it. She was driving way over 45 MPH. Police also determined that Rivera’s car registration had expired in November 2016.

She was arrested for vehicular homicide and reckless driving charges.

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