LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Police say a Maine mom is unlikely to face charges after striking and killing her 17-month-old daughter in her car while leaving a birthday party over the weekend.
Police say 27-year-old Taneisha Thomas of Lewiston backed into her daughter, Tiannah Sevey, while leaving a parking space Saturday. The youngster died at Central Maine Medical Center.
Lt. David St. Pierre, a spokesman for the Lewiston Police Department, told the Portland Press Herald, “It was an accident, through and through.”
At the time of the parking lot crash, Thomas had been attending a birthday party for one of her other children, a 10-year-old girl. Investigators say there was no indication that the driver was intoxicated when the crash occurred.
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