NASSAU- An uninsured driver is accused of killing a mother in a head-on crash.
Xanthia Smith didn’t have insurance for her Nissan Skyline at the time of the collision that killed Michelle Hinsey on July 14, 2020.
The accident took place around 9 pm on Blue Hill Road south.
Smith is on trial for killing in the course of dangerous driving after investigators found her at fault for the deadly collision.
Hinsey’s daughter, Lashannon Brown, was also injured in the accident.
She testified that before the incident she had picked up her mother from her job at Cost Right.
From there, they visited her grandmother in Sea Breeze Estate before they headed to their home in Sunshine Park.
On the way, they encountered bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Ms Brown next recalled waking up” on a field of grass”, covered in blood.
She said she looked over and saw that her car was destroyed.
Ms Brown said paramedics refused to let her know if her front seat passenger had survived.
She later learned her mother had died.
Speaking of her injuries, Ms Brown said she received a gash on the right side of her forehead.
Additionally, Ms Brown wore a neck brace for several months due to broken vertebrae.
Smith’s trial for killing in the course of dangerous driving continues on January 17 before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.
She has admitted to driving without third party insurance and was fined $250 or one month in prison.
