"Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was livestreaming on TikTok. The New York Times reports that Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, who posts to TikTok under the name Tea Tyme, has been charged by the Zion Police Department with two felonies - reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death. In a video that has been reshared by other accounts on TikTok, woman posting as Tea Tyme can reportedly be seen speaking into her phone when there's a loud thud."
"Surveillance videos reportedly showed McCarty-Wroten's vehicle entering the intersection while the traffic light was still red, with investigators determining that she did not seem to slow down or change course before striking Darren Lucas, who was later pronounced dead at the hospital. McCarty-Wroten's lawyer told the NYT that evidence will show that "what happened was an accident, was a negligent act, but was not an intentional or reckless act.""
Local police charged Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, known on TikTok as Tea Tyme, with reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death after a pedestrian was struck and killed. A video reshared on TikTok reportedly shows her speaking into her phone when a loud thud is heard and she tells an offscreen child, "I hit somebody." Surveillance footage reportedly shows her vehicle entering an intersection on a red light without apparent slowing or course change before striking Darren Lucas, who later died at a hospital. Her lawyer says evidence will show the incident was accidental and negligent, not intentional or reckless.
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