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(ROCHESTER) — Three children were killed as they were crossing a rural highway to get on a school bus. Their mother will not face criminal charges for attacking the driver of the vehicle that hit and killed her children.
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The office of Miami County Prosecutor Jeff Sinkovics confirmed that he’s decided not to press charges against Brittany Ingle of Rochester, WRTV-TV reported.
After Alyssa Shepherd was sentenced on Dec. 18 to four years in prison for the deaths of Alivia Stahl, 9, and her twin 6-year-old brothers, Mason and Xzavier Ingle, the children’s mother rushed past security and attacked Shepherd.
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Brittany Ingle hit Shepherd in the head “with what appeared to be her hand/elbow,” the force of which pushed Shepherd’s head into the wall, court documents said. Ingle was restrained and taken from the courtroom in handcuffs.
Fulton County prosecutors requested a special prosecutor last month, saying they could not be unbiased after working closely with Ingle on the case.
Shepherd’s vehicle hit the three siblings in October 2018. A fourth child, Maverick Lowe, 11, was seriously injured in the crash. A jury convicted Shepherd of three counts of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and passing a school bus, causing injury.
After the crash, Shepherd told authorities she didn’t realize that she was approaching a stopped school bus, despite its activated stop arm and flashing lights. She told police she saw the lights but didn’t recognize the vehicle as a school bus until the children were right in front of her.
The Indiana Legislature increased penalties for drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses following the crash.