driver has two fatal accidents, three weeks apart, 5 other at fault crashes that injured drivers

[Demovictory9]

Kelli Anderson, 55, was charged on Friday with one count of reckless homicide and six count of criminal recklessness in the crash that took the life of 28-year-old Kiana Burns.

According to court documents, police were called out to N. Keystone Avenue and E. 52nd Street on June 9 at approximately 4:50 p.m. in response to a multi-vehicle accident. On scene, officers discovered eight vehicles involved in the crash and a woman suffering from serious injuries.

According to witness testimony, Anderson was accused of driving a Lincoln SUV and smashing into stopped vehicles. Anderson told officers she had been traveling north and tried to avoid stopped traffic on Keystone by veering to the left before she slammed into stopped traffic.

A witness said Anderson was traveling 50 to 60 miles per hour when she drove over the center median and barreled into traffic waiting at a red light.



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During their investigation, detective discovered that Anderson had been involved in another deadly crash just three weeks earlier.

Police said Anderson was driving along 49th street near North Meridian on May 19 when she crossed the center line and drove up on to the sidewalk. Investigators said she struck Dr. Brian Dillman during one of his daily walks. Dillman later died at an area hospital.

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IMPD detectives connect Anderson to other cases
"This is two people killed within three weeks of each other," Denise said. "It's insane. It's crazy."



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mom-of-4-and-er-doc-killed-by-same-driver-3-weeks-apart/ar-AAYDjsN

5 other at-fault crashes
In addition to the two fatal crashes, detectives said Anderson had been at fault in five other crashes since August 2019. Each of those crashes injured another driver. They happened on the following dates:

Aug. 3, 2019
Feb. 20, 2020
March 9, 2021
Sept. 2, 2021
May 2, 2022

Hospital discharge papers from May 20 said Anderson was told she "is at high risk of harm to herself and/or others and that she should not drive for 6 months until cleared by a neurologist." According to court documents, Anderson indicated she understood her discharge instructions.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/kelli-anderson-charged-reckless-homicide-fatal-chain-reaction-crash-52nd-keystone-indianapolis-northeast-side/531-5cd6bebb-6a41-4382-9018-4b51220571c7

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. She should never be allowed to drive again.

Seven crashes in under three years and two with fatalities?

This is a person who should never be allowed behind the wheel again.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[NutmegYankee]

7. The only way to stop people like her from driving again is to put them in a cell.

Hopefully she stays in one for a decade or more.

[LisaL]

11. For sure.

Car can be a deadly weapon.

[alphafemale]

3. How was this menace still driving around?

And still not charged with slaughtering the doctor?

Does she have some connections to powerful people or something?

[AngryOldDem]

18. Marion County is not very proactive with criminal charges.

Prosecutor will most likely be voted out over it. This case may be the final straw.

The doctor was egregious enough, but this woman, going at least 30 mph over the limit, slammed into the back of cars stopped at a light. The driver of the car first hit was instantly killed.

This menace needs to be put behind bars for a very long time. Something tells me suspending or revoking her license won’t stop her from driving. It hasn’t with other people.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Good grief, her vehicle isn't much different than an AR15.

Her license should have been taken away a long time ago.

[SharonClark]

5. Her license and her vehicle.

I doubt not having a license would deter someone like her.

[DFW]

6. "Indicated" she understood her discharge instructions?

She needs a full-time caretaker who cuffs her behind her back if she comes within 100 feet of a motor vehicle!

[wnylib]

8. OMG. How could she live with herself,

after knowing she had killed one person, let alone two now? After the first one, I'd have been afraid to drive again.

I narrowly missed hitting a child once when he suddenly ran in front of my car from around the corner of a store. Fortunately, I was in the store parking lot and had just started up my car after buying something, so I was able to brake quickly. But I was so shaken by the near miss that I had to stay put until I calmed down enough to drive home.

[malaise]

14. Simple

She says gawd’s will and heads for her next killing spree.

[The Jungle 1]

15. Teaching my boys how to drive.

I told the same story my mother told me. It is an story to create a defensive driver. Hey if a ball rolls out into the road in front of you what do you do. Stop because there is a kid behind it.
My youngest texted me one day and said you will never believe what just happened. He had stopped!

[wnylib]

21. This kid was not chasing a ball.

He just appeared suddenly from around the side of the store, with no warning sign, in a hurry to get somewhere by crossing through the parking lot.

I rushed out of the car to ask if he was ok. Was afraid that the fender might have hit him, but it didn't. He just said, "Yeah, I'm fine." And took off.

I got back in the car and collapsed. Needed to breathe deeply and slowly to unwind.

The first time that I went out behind the wheel on my learner's permit, with my cousin teaching me, we passed by an accident on a side road from the one that we were on. I got a glimpse of an ambulance, cops, and a body on the street, blanket drawn up over the head. Never forgot the image and the realization that cars can be killing machines.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. I had that happen to me when I was in high school with the driving instructor.

The tell-tale ball rolled out between parked cars, I stopped, and the kid followed. Just like the class simulator films showed a hundred times.

The instructor looked at me and said “I bet you think I paid him to do that”

[AngryOldDem]

20. I actually passed out once behind the wheel.

I had taken very sick at work and was driving myself home (no other option). I had about two miles left (driving through sheer will at that point) when my vision began to narrow. Next thing I knew, I was off the road and into a fence with somebody trying to speak to me. First thing I asked was, “Did I hit anybody?” Car was totaled, a very nice cop took me home, no ticket.

That was, BY FAR, the scariest thing I have ever experienced, and if I had a history of it, I sure as hell would surrender my license, no questions asked.

This woman is just stupid dangerous.

[cab67]

9. except for the fatalities, this could be my sister.

Since the mid-1990's, she's wrecked, on average, one car per year. According to her, it's never her fault. Court records say otherwise.

With one or two exceptions, she wasn't drunk or high. She's just a terrible, inattentive driver.

Mom enabled her. She put sister on her (and Dad's) insurance when sister couldn't get insurance she could afford. Dad hit the roof when he found out, which was after sister totalled her car.

It's always amazed me that she's kept her driver's license throughout.

And she used to drive for Lyft.

(I suspect she did this because she was otherwise all but uninsurable. And no, I never use Lyft. Uber, either. If they hired my sister, who else did they hire?)

Upshot - unless the wrecks involve substance abuse, it's bloody difficult to pull someone's license.

[LisaL]

12. This one supposedly has epilepsy.

Sounds like her license should have been pulled a long time ago, but it didn't happen.

[cab67]

16. agreed

But that can still be a major pain in the ass to accomplish - though in this case, the medication being taken for her epilepsy (or for her allergies) may be partly to blame.

Anyone who's tried to get an elderly relative with Alzheimer's to stop driving can attest to this. Even with power of attorney and evidence for impaired driving capacity (e.g. driving record), it can take remarkable amounts of court time to get a driver's license yanked.

And all of this assumes someone will stop driving when their license is suspended.

[viva la]

17. Epilepsy didn't make her drive 50 mph..

On a street with traffic lights literally every 3 blocks.

[LisaL]

19. My point is, if she has epilepsy and

that makes her a dangerous driver, she shouldn't have been driving at all.
She was told not to drive until cleared by a neurologist after she drove into a doctor and killed him just 3 weeks prior to her latest victim. Which she clearly ignored.

[viva la]

23. 4 other accidents-- her fault-- earlier

One was just 2 weeks before the killing of the doctor.

Of course, someone like this would drive even if her license got revoked.

[BlackSkimmer]

24. This.

What a tragic story.

[thucythucy]

13. Not knowing the particulars of this case

I can't say this applies, but one factor that increases the number of unsafe drivers on the road is this nation's abysmal mass transit infrastructure. Unless you live in a major city you pretty much have to own a car to get anywhere or do anything.

And even then, traveling from city to city can also be impossible.

Where I live all mass transit shuts down on Sunday, most also on Saturday. No train service, and the bus runs only once an hour, on weekdays, and only until 9 pm, and only to a very small number of locations. And I live in a area that has above average service for a town this size.

It's pathetic, how dependent we are on cars. The way we structure our transportation means people who can't drive are under virtual house arrest (especially if you use a wheelchair or walker). Not to mention: it's destroying the climate all around us, contributes to the continued existence of regimes like those in Saudi Arabia and Russia, distorts our foreign policy, and pumps billions and trillions of dollars into the pockets of right wing oligarchs--which is probably why it won't change until it's too late to save what's left of our environment.

Also: I HATE car ads. All this bullshit equating cars with "freedom" and "power" and sex appeal, when in fact for most people they simply suck up time and money that could be spent living more rewarding lives.

One final note: they enable said right wing oligarchs to manipulate the economy so as to toss elections to the right. Case in point: blaming President Biden for high gas prices.

One final final note: tens of thousands of dead people each and every year.

[NJCher]

25. And

thousands of dead people each and every year.

not to mention all the wildlife plastered on the roads.

[MrsCoffee]

26. Indianapolis bus system is the worst.

You can’t get anywhere or even expect the buses to actually show up.

Maybe up the one main street that runs north-south. That’s it.

[AngryOldDem]

27. Buses run all over the city, actually.

Not just on Meridian Street. That said, there are problems that IndyGo needs to correct, for sure. Right now there is one rapid transit line, and one in the works that will go to the airport. Others are planned that will cover most if not all the city.

The bigger issue is the lack of regional transit options.

[MrsCoffee]

28. Well, it's been ten years since I lived there.

I would like to believe some improvements were made.

Sure buses run all over the city. Or are supposed to. The schedules were very thin and the buses often didn't show up when I was living there.

They've been "planning" to upgrade the system forever.

But I grew up in So Cal where you can get anywhere even if it means a couple transfers. Now, being in the Bay Area and seeing the transit options offered here makes me think Indy has a long way to go.

[AngryOldDem]

30. You will get no argument from me.

IndyGo is a work in progress, no doubt, but routes and timimg are much better. Streetwork has begun for the new rapid transit line to IND.

A huge hurdle that IndyGo has to constantly face is a hostile General Assembly that constantly threatens funding for projects. The rapid transit program, for instance, was approved by voter referendum but the GA wanted to stop that.

The GA is the sole reason why there is no regional mass transit, which I think will be a major drawback in coming years.

[MrsCoffee]

31. I'm glad it's somewhat better. My son just decided to move back there.

He used to use BART all the time here and misses it. He puts a lot of miles on his car now.

[gratuitous]

22. This is why traffic laws are a waste of time

Criminals will just break the laws anyway, so we shouldn't even have traffic laws.

Nope, argument still sounds stupid, even when it's applied to another facet of society.