“The (city attorney’s) office is currently reviewing the case and determining whether the evidence warrants the filing of a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter,” spokesman Nick Velasquez said.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine, Velasquez said.
Brandy faces minor charge over fatal crash
The driver whose car Brandy rear-ended, Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, a married mother of one, was killed when her vehicle slammed into a third car, careened into the freeway's center divider and was hit broad-side by a fourth automobile.
Tang said the Highway Patrol referred the case to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office for further review with the recommendation that the former star of the TV comedy Moesha be cited with a misdemeanour charge of vehicular manslaughter.
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