ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A woman, accused of crashing and killing another driver in September after speeding through a busy intersection learned whether or not she’ll be locked up through her trial. The state asked for Nikole Zamora to be kept in jail through her vehicular homicide trial, based on her convictions for speeding and failing to obey traffic laws.
“She did end up causing a collision that involved five vehicles. Essentially according to witness statements, the defendant was driving at a high rate of speed on Lomas, she ran the red light on 6th, 5th, 4th, and then ultimately, ran the red light on Second Street,” said Deputy District Attorney Guinevere Ice.
Zamora was arrested on September 22 after investigators said she was going more than 70 miles per hour through a red light at a busy intersection on Lomas. She hit another car, which had the right-of-way, killing the driver and seriously injuring its passenger. The victim’s car was pushed into three other cars waiting at a stop light.