“We didn’t see any indicators there was another vehicle,” Deputy Rafael Mejia said, indicating that the debris at the scene indicated a white vehicle had been involved.
Cars pass by the crosswalk at the intersection of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive where Mark and Jacob Iskander were struck and killed by a vehicle in Westlake Village, CA. Rebecca Grossman, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash and was released from jail Thursday morning.
that he didn’t find any evidence indicating that more than one vehicle was involved in a collision in Westlake Village that left two boys dead, saying he only saw debris from a white vehicle. Deputy Rafael Mejia told the Van Nuys jury that he responded to the scene shortly after the Sept. 29, 2020, collision that left 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother Jacob dead, and said he was informed to look for a white vehicle with front-end damage. The deputy said he found Grossman about three-tenths of a mile away standing outside her white Mercedes-Benz SUV, which had front-end damage. “She told me that her vehicle was disabled by Mercedes-Benz,” Mejia told jurors, saying that the airbags had gone off and that Grossman told him that she had hit something but she didn’t know what she struck. Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, were with their family Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, when they were struck and killed in Westlake Village by a Mercedes driven by Rebecca Grossman, the chairwoman of the Grossman Burn Foundation. Grossman, the 60-year-old co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, is charged with two felony counts each of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, along with one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. The prosecution alleges that Grossman was speeding at the time she hit the boys. The older boy died at the scene, and his 8-year-old sibling died at a hospital. Grossman’s attorneys insisted she was not the driver responsible for the deadly crash, which they contend occurred outside a crosswalk. The defense pointed the blame atErickson was described by a prosecutor as Grossman’s boyfriend at the time. Rebecca Grossman, charged in the death of two young brothers killed by her vehicle in Westlake Village in 2020, is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the former publisher of Westlake Magazine. Rebecca Grossman isn’t the driver responsible for deaths of 2 young brothers, her attorney saysRebecca Grossman, co-founder of Grossman Burn Foundation, ordered to stand trial on murder charges Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson charged in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Westlake Village Under questioning by Deputy District Attorney Jamie Castro, the sheriff’s deputy said he didn’t find any debris consistent with a black SUV or any kind of black vehicle. “We didn’t see any indicators there was another vehicle,” Mejia said, indicating that the debris at the scene indicated a white vehicle had been involved. He said a Mercedes-Benz emblem was found among the debris at the scene of the collision. Of his interaction with Grossman, the deputy said, “She kept telling me to call her husband … Her husband could help those kids.” He said he smelled “alcohol coming from her person,” and contacted a unit to come to perform a DUI investigation. The deputy said he saw a person who identified herself as Grossman’s daughter and said she was there to pick up her mother. He said he told her that she couldn’t go home with her. He said he never saw a man hiding in the bushes watching the police investigation — and would have considered that highly suspicious. alleged that Erickson’s vehicle went through the intersection 2 1/2 seconds before Grossman and hit the two children first Under cross-examination, the deputy said he wasn’t aware that a black SUV had gone through the intersection mere seconds before Grossman. He acknowledged that the first debris from the crash was found 50 feet away from the crosswalk, and said he relied in giving his estimate of the point of impact on the accounts of witnesses who indicated that the victims were in the crosswalk when they were hit. He noted that there was no fluid found in the crosswalk. In testimony Tuesday, two prosecution witnesses testified that they saw a pair of Mercedes SUVs speeding before the white vehicle struck a young boy. One of those witnesses testified that she heard two impacts, which another prosecution witness said she had also heard. A memorial is growing for Mark and Jacob Iskander who were killed after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk at the intersection of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive in Westlake Village, CA. Rebecca Grossman, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash and was released from jail Thursday morning. The defendant — who could face up to 34 years to life in prison if convicted as charged — is the wife of Dr. Peter Grossman, the director of the Grossman Burn Centers and son of the centers’ late founder, A. Richard Grossman. Rebecca and Peter Grossman were separated at the time of the crash, according to a statement by her husband posted on a website supporting her.Updated rain map: Here are the wettest spots in Los Angeles CountyPhotos: Our best images from the record-setting storm pounding LA CountyMapped: Where the most rain is falling in LA CountyMan trying to rescue dog from rain-swollen Pacoima Wash is hoisted to safety by LAFD helicopter2 dead as relentless storm hits Southern CaliforniaPrince Harry leaves U.K. after brief visit with father, night in hotel, snub by William The stakes are high: Florida Supreme Court to hear arguments this week on whether residents will vote on abortion
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