Source: The Washington Post
Dominique Taylor, a 32 year old mother of five has been officially charged in the death of all five of her children and a male victim when her car veered off the road on Route 301 in Bowie and crashed into a tree.
Now the mother who lost 5 children and a male friend has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and six counts of vehicular homicide because she has been charged with drunk driving when the accident happened.
Prince George’s County States Attorney Aishia Braveboy said that Dominique Taylor’s alcohol blood level was at least twice the legal limit of .08.
Now Ms. Taylor is facing up to 60 years in prison.
Two of the children killed — London Dixon, 8, and Paris Dixon, 5 — were Taylor’s. Rickelle Ricks, 6; Zion Beard, 14, and Damari Herald, 15, all of D.C., were also killed.
State’s Attorney A. Braveboy said the children were not wearing seat belts and all five were thrown from the vehicle upon impact. She added that the three children who weren’t Taylor’s were related to her.
Cornell Simon, 23, of Oxon Hill, died Feb. 18 of his injuries. Braveboy described him as a friend of Taylor’s.
The only person to survive the accident was “Ms. Dominique Taylor” – the driver. She was treated and released.
STATE’S ATTORNEY BRAVEBOY — “We are now turning our focus to obtaining justice for the victims and their families and holding Ms. Taylor accountable for her actions.” “I went to the funeral,” describing the pictures and stuffed animals at the closed-casket funeral. “…But even within all that tragedy, we have to do our job. We have to seek justice.”
