04-28-2012, 02:30 PM
30 days?? 30 lousy days?? WTF 
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The female motorist charged with backing over a child in a stroller in a park near Snellville last September, fatally injuring a 13-month-old girl, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Tekila Mynon Glass of Riverdale also pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care in the Sept. 17 death of Olivia Hellwig, according to a news release issued Friday afternoon by the Decatur law firm of Wilson, Morton and Downs LLC, representing Olivia’s family in the incident.
In addition to probation, Glass, who was charged in Gwinnett County, was sentenced to 24 months’ probation, fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and complete a defensive driving course, the release said.
Glass driver's license was immediately suspended. She was told to report to jail May 25.
“It’s been a long seven months,” Olivia’s father, Brad Hellwig, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a phone interview Friday afternoon. “Today started to bring some sense of closure and healing to what we’re going through.”
Asked about Glass’ sentence, Hellwig said, “We believe it’s appropriate and fair. We’re grateful she took some responsibility and pled guilty.”
Glass was backing a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica through the parking lot at Lenora Park on Lenora Church Road when the vehicle struck a stroller pushed by Brooke Hellwig, Olivia’s mother, in a pedestrian crossing area.
"After being knocked down from the impact, Brooke Hellwig got up and began running toward the rear of the SUV where baby Olivia and her stroller had been knocked over and turned upside down," the news release said.
"But just as Mrs. Hellwig was a few feet from baby Olivia, Ms. Glass reversed her vehicle again, running over the stroller and crushing baby Olivia's head," the release said. "She then drove forward again, running over baby Olivia's head a second time as Ms. Hellwig helplessly watched."
The child was transported to Children's Healthcare at Egleston in Atlanta, where she later died. Brooke Hellwig was treated for minor injuries, police said.
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poor little baby. :(
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The female motorist charged with backing over a child in a stroller in a park near Snellville last September, fatally injuring a 13-month-old girl, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Tekila Mynon Glass of Riverdale also pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care in the Sept. 17 death of Olivia Hellwig, according to a news release issued Friday afternoon by the Decatur law firm of Wilson, Morton and Downs LLC, representing Olivia’s family in the incident.
In addition to probation, Glass, who was charged in Gwinnett County, was sentenced to 24 months’ probation, fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and complete a defensive driving course, the release said.
Glass driver's license was immediately suspended. She was told to report to jail May 25.
“It’s been a long seven months,” Olivia’s father, Brad Hellwig, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a phone interview Friday afternoon. “Today started to bring some sense of closure and healing to what we’re going through.”
Asked about Glass’ sentence, Hellwig said, “We believe it’s appropriate and fair. We’re grateful she took some responsibility and pled guilty.”
Glass was backing a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica through the parking lot at Lenora Park on Lenora Church Road when the vehicle struck a stroller pushed by Brooke Hellwig, Olivia’s mother, in a pedestrian crossing area.
"After being knocked down from the impact, Brooke Hellwig got up and began running toward the rear of the SUV where baby Olivia and her stroller had been knocked over and turned upside down," the news release said.
"But just as Mrs. Hellwig was a few feet from baby Olivia, Ms. Glass reversed her vehicle again, running over the stroller and crushing baby Olivia's head," the release said. "She then drove forward again, running over baby Olivia's head a second time as Ms. Hellwig helplessly watched."
The child was transported to Children's Healthcare at Egleston in Atlanta, where she later died. Brooke Hellwig was treated for minor injuries, police said.
poor little baby. :(