Baby killed after driver without license struck mother pushing stroller in NJ parking lot
Key Points:
- A 9-month-old baby was killed after a mother pushing a stroller with two children was struck by a vehicle in a New Jersey grocery store parking lot in Jackson Township.
- Maria CobonGuzman, 20, who was driving without ever having a valid driver's license, was charged with manslaughter, operating a vehicle without a license, and two counts of assault by auto.
- Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, 22, was charged with knowingly creating a substantial risk of death by allowing CobonGuzman to drive the vehicle.
- The mother and her 5-year-old child were hospitalized and remain in stable condition, while the infant was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
- Both women were taken into custody and the incident is still under investigation by local authorities.