A judge found a Maryland woman guilty in a crash that killed her 3-year-old daughter in May 2022.
Danshell Evon of Bryans Road reached 98 mph in the seconds before her 2015 Kia Optima crashed into a 1997 Ford F-150 on Connecticut Avenue near Atherton Drive in Silver Spring at about 7:30 a.m., police said.
Two adults in the Ford and Evon’s two 13-year-old children in the Kia suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but 3-year-old Dreamie Dior Jackson, who was improperly secured in a backless booster seat, died on impact, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
“At the speeds the defendant was traveling, she wasn’t driving a car, she was steering a missile down the road in the middle of rush hour,” State’s Attorney John McCarthy said. “If the barest of common-sense parenting skills were in place, there would have been a proper child safety seat installed.”
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Residents in the area told News4 speeding was a problem there. Montgomery County previously lowered the speed limit form 45 mph to 35 mph.
After a four-day trial, a judge found Evon guilty of gross negligent manslaughter, four counts of second-degree assault and neglect of a minor. She faces up to 55 years in prison at sentencing Aug. 9.
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