Miriam Yarimi sentenced after striking Brooklyn family, killing mother and two daughters.
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At 1:04 p.m. on March 29, 2025, Miriam Yarimi collided with a Toyota Camry and then struck three pedestrians at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, killing a mother and two daughters; prosecutors later said recorded data showed she was traveling 68 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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What We Know
At 1:04 p.m. on March 29, 2025, Yarimi, driving north on Ocean Parkway, collided with a turning Toyota Camry and then struck Natasha Saada and her three children in a crosswalk. Saada and her daughters Diana and Deborah died, and her son Philip suffered critical injuries. Prosecutors said recorded data showed Yarimi traveling 68 mph in a 25 mph zone with no braking. She later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to three to nine years.
Prosecutors described a high-speed chain of collisions.
The NYPD record places the crash at 1:04 p.m. on March 29, 2025, and records three pedestrian deaths and seven people injured. It lists traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor.
The district attorney's account says Yarimi drove north on Ocean Parkway and collided with a Toyota Camry that was waiting for the Saada family to finish crossing. Prosecutors said she then struck the family in the crosswalk. Recorded data showed a speed of about 68 mph in a 25 mph zone, full throttle and no braking.
Reports differ on the red-light approach.
Gothamist, citing police, reported that Yarimi turned right at a red light at the intersection before colliding with the Toyota. The district attorney's later account said surveillance showed her driving through a red light a block before the crash and continuing north on Ocean Parkway.
Reports place the rollover at different points.
The Daily News reported that Yarimi struck the pedestrians before her Audi overturned. A 2026 New York Post report placed the rollover before the pedestrian impact.
The family was crossing at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway.
The NYPD record locates the collision at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. Press accounts place the crosswalk in Midwood, where Natasha Saada and her children were crossing when Yarimi struck them.
The deaths left a family and community grieving.
The district attorney identified Natasha Saada and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5, as the pedestrians who died. Their four-year-old brother, Philip, survived with serious injuries, including skull fractures and brain bleeding, and later had a kidney removed.
Rabbi Yosef Ozeri said Saada had recently joined a class on Sabbath observance and described her devotion to Shabbat. Neighbors remembered the children greeting people, and a family friend described the Saadas as kind and charitable. Hundreds gathered for the family's funeral in Borough Park.
Reports differ on the Audi model.
The NYPD record classifies the vehicles as a sedan and a taxi. The district attorney and Gothamist identified Yarimi's vehicle as an Audi A3; New York Post reports in March 2025 and April 2026 called it an Audi A4.
The other vehicle was a 2023 Toyota Camry, described by prosecutors and press reports as a TLC car or Uber and classified in the crash record as a taxi. Mahbuba Ahmedova and her three children were passengers in the Camry; reports said they were injured and survived.
A guilty plea and sentence were followed by civil cases.
The Daily News reported that Yarimi pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October 2025. At sentencing on November 19, she apologized to the victims' family and said, “I accept full responsibility for my actions.” Judge Danny Chun sentenced her to three to nine years in prison.
Yarimi later claimed in a civil filing that a medical emergency caused her to lose consciousness. The New York Post reported that in April 2026 Justice Steven Mostofsky found her liable in the Saada family's case, leaving damages for a jury to determine. In July 2026, the Post reported that the Camry's driver, Rustam Uzakov, sued Yarimi, alleging physical injuries and emotional distress.