Driver Kills Mother and Two Children on Ocean Parkway
Miriam Yarimi drove through a red light at Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road and killed Natasha Saada and her daughters as they crossed with the signal, according to city records and prosecutors.
What We Know
Natasha Saada, 34, was crossing Ocean Parkway at Quentin Road with her three children shortly after 1 p.m. on March 29, 2025. City crash data records three pedestrians killed and seven people injured. Brooklyn prosecutors said Miriam Yarimi, 32, drove a 2023 Audi through a red light at about 68 mph in a 25 mph zone, collided with a Toyota Camry Uber that was waiting as the family crossed, and continued into the pedestrians. Saada and her daughters, 8-year-old Diana and 5-year-old Deborah, died at the scene. Her 4-year-old son Philip suffered skull fractures, brain bleeding and had a kidney removed, prosecutors said.
A family was crossing with the signal
City crash records say three pedestrians, ages 34, 8 and 5, were killed at the intersection of Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway at 1:04 p.m. on March 29, 2025, and that they were crossing with the signal.
Brooklyn prosecutors identified them as Natasha Saada, 34, and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5. They said Saada was holding hands with her three children when Miriam Yarimi drove through the intersection and continued into the family.
Prosecutors described red-light running and extreme speed
The official crash record lists traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor. Prosecutors said black-box data showed Yarimi was driving about 68 mph in a 25 mph zone, at full throttle, with no braking recorded.
The district attorney said Yarimi drove through a red light one block before the crash, narrowly avoiding other drivers, and then drove against the light at Quentin Road before colliding with the Toyota Camry Uber and continuing into the pedestrians.
Philip Saada survived with severe injuries
Prosecutors said 4-year-old Philip Saada suffered skull fractures and brain bleeding and had a kidney removed. Early reports said he remained in critical condition after the crash.
People in the Uber were also hurt
Prosecutors said the Toyota Camry Uber carried five people: the driver, a mother and her three children. They sustained minor injuries. City crash data records seven total injuries, including one pedestrian and six motorists.
Yarimi was indicted and later held without bail
Yarimi was arraigned on charges including second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault, and Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun ordered her held without bail, prosecutors said. An indictment is an accusation, not proof of guilt.
In 2026, the New York Post reported that Yarimi later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a three-to-nine-year prison sentence, and that a judge found her liable in a civil case brought by the Saada family.
Ocean Parkway has a long crash record
The crash happened at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC location data for Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn shows 1,741 crashes, 1,281 injuries, 62 serious injuries and 7 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.