BROOKLYN WOMAN INDICTED FOR KILLING DELIVERYMAN WHILE TEXTING AND DRIVING

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Injury Attorney)

A Brooklyn teen accused of texting when she mowed down 53-year-old deliveryman Tian Sheng Lin on a scooter was indicted Monday on charges of criminally negligent homicide.

Nechama Rothberger, 19, had previously been charged with reckless driving and use of a mobile telephone after she plowed into Lin on September 19th -- subject of a previous blog post.

Lin was hurled from his scooter, suffered massive organ damage and lingered at Kings County Hospital after the crash. The father of three was declared brain dead shortly after the crash. He later died.

Rothberger, also of Midwood, was texting while she was driving, and hit Lin, who was stopped at a red light at 17th Street and Avenue P, Brooklyn, according to a criminal complaint.

Rothberger, the daughter of a physician, was driving a Toyota Camry and told cops she didn't see Lin, according to the complaint. She was texting when the cops arrived at the scene of the accident, the complaint states. At her arraignment in September, prosecutors said that cops found Rothenberger's cell phone in her car with a half-written outgoing message.

Her attorney, Jeffrey Schwartz, says, "We're hoping to resolve this case in a way that doesn't destroy her future." Rothberger remains free on $5,000 bail.

The Brooklyn DA's office declined to comment because the indictment has yet to be filed.

Comment: Will the doctor's teenage daughter get away with murder - after killing the scooter-riding deliveryman?