Authorities have charged a driver with manslaughter for allegedly running over a 19-year-old nursing student in the parking lot of an East Long Beach shopping center.
Grace Edwards and her mother were walking through the lot outside a Five Below and Trader Joe’s on Bellflower Boulevard near Stearns Street when the driver struck and killed her, according to police and a fundraiser for her family.
Authorities said the crash happened around 3:55 p.m. on Nov. 2 as the driver was pulling out of a parking spot. Police suspect distracted driving played a role.
In March, police sought a warrant to arrest the suspected driver, Deasean Alphonzia Edwards, who has no apparent relation to Grace Edwards…