97-Year-Old Woman Killed in Bedroom by Speeding Driver Who Also Injured Cyclist
Gary Horcher, KIRO 7 News, August 31, 2020
Marysville police say a 42-year-old six-time felon with a suspended license was speeding and driving erratically when he rammed his car through the entrance of a quiet Marysville condo neighborhood, running over and critically injuring a 25-year-old man on a bicycle before smashing through the bedroom of a 97-year-old woman, killing her instantly.
Court records show the driver, 42-year-old Darwin Maurice Caldwell, is being held on charges of Vehicular Homicide and Vehicular Assault, and had been on electronic surveillance after being released from a long federal prison sentence for weapons and drug charges.
Darwin Maurice Caldwell
The 97-year-old woman’s family–who asked KIRO 7 not to use her last name–identified the woman as “Helen,” {snip}
Helen
Helen’s daughter, Wanda, who lived with her mother and cared for her, told KIRO 7 at first she had no idea a speeding car had just blasted all the way through Helen’s bedroom and forced her bed into the next room.
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Outside, she saw her neighbor, 25-year-old Sudin Johnson, on the lawn, clinging to life. Marysville police say he had been riding home on his bike and stopped to text his father to say he’d made it home safely when the car ran over him and slammed into the house.
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