Police have charged a 32-year-old Brooklyn woman for the deaths of a mother and her two kids struck and killed while crossing a busy intersection Saturday afternoon. Investigators said Miriam Yarimi was behind the wheel of the blue Audi sedan that barreled through the Midwood intersection and struck the 34-year-old woman and her three kids, killing the mother and her daughters, ages 5 and 8. The victim’s 4-year-old son survived the impact, but was hospitalized in critical condition. On Sunday, the NYPD released the identities of the victims: Natasha Saada, and her daughters Diana and Deborah. Police allege that Yarimi was driving northbound on Ocean Parkway when she struck the rear bumper of a Toyota Camry turning right onto the parkway from Quentin Road. Yarimi apparently lost control of her car and crashed into the pedestrians before flipping the sedan and landing on its roof. One witness recalled seeing bodies laid all over the ground after she and her father, who is an EMT, ran to offer help. “They were kids and there was one of them was face down and one facing up,” the woman said. “They crowded around them, they tried to give CPR to one of them.” The 32-year-old driver is facing charges of manslaughter, criminal negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, failing to yield right on a red light, speeding and driving on a suspended license. Contact information for her attorney was not immediately known. “I will call it like it is, this was a horrific tragedy caused by someone who shouldn’t have been on the road,” Tisch said at a press conference four hours after the crash. Transportation Alternatives released a statement condemning the Audi driver’s record and urging action by New York lawmakers to pass legislation in Albany that would install speed limiters on vehicles “of the most reckless repeat speeders.” The organization said the woman “was driving while on a suspended license, and the Audi she was driving has more than 90 tickets, including more than 13 school zone speeding tickets last year.” Mayor Eric Adams joined top NYPD brass for the press conference. “To see a mother and her two children lost to a vehicle crash is extremely concerning and painful,” Adams said.

Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Muslims typically mark the holiday with family visits and outings, and children get new clothes.

Eid al-Fitr 2025 is expected to be celebrated onSunday, March 30, or Monday, March 31, depending on when the new crescent moon is sighted, according to UK-based Islamic charity organization, Islamic Relief. The festival is celebrated over the first three days of Shawwāl, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.