Miriam Yarimi, a Brooklyn wigmaker, has been charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after allegedly driving with a suspended license and causing a crash that killed a mother and her two daughters. The incident occurred in Gravesend as the victims left Shabbat services. Yarimi's troubling driving history includes over 93 traffic violations.
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