EXCLUSIVE: 71-year-old driver accused of killing 4-year-old girl in SF crash avoids jail time

There's criticism over a plea deal for a driver accused of hitting and killing a 4-year-old girl in a stroller in San Francisco last August.There's criticism over a plea deal for a driver accused of hitting and killing a 4-year-old girl in a stroller in San FranciscoOn Wednesday, ABC7 News was the only media outlet at the hearing.

Karen Cartagena, 71, won't have to go to jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. "Ms. Cartagena is profoundly and utterly devastated by what happened," said Attorney Greg Mendez who represents Karen Cartagena. Cartagena drove into a family at 4th and King Streets last August killing a 4-year -old girl in a stroller."At the time of the incident, there was circumstantial evidence that suggested that Ms. Cartagena should continue driving, take the right turn based on indications from a traffic signal operator...

Right after the collision, SFMTA reduced the two right turn lanes from 4th onto King Street to a single lane, saying it would slow traffic and reduce the amount of cars going through the crosswalk."Closing one of the turn lanes seems inadequate," said Bornheimer. "King Street is dangerously designed like many streets in our city. It has multiple lanes in one direction, many people going faster than 30-40 mph.

"The city needs to redesign streets like King Streets and many other streets so there are less driving lanes, use that space to create more space for people, and more protected bike lanes."Many at the rally on Tuesday want San Francisco to redesign hundreds of especially dangerous intersections to make them more pedestrian friendly.It has added a number of protected bike lanes and the city is adding more speeding cameras.

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