- Danshell Evon, 38, was traveling at 98 mph when she hit another car
- Her three-year-old daughter, Dreamie Dior Jackson, died in the wreck
- An investigation revealed that she was not properly restrained in a backless booster seat.
A Maryland woman was driving nearly 100 mph when she crashed into another car, killing her baby daughter — and now the mother faces half a century behind bars.
Danshell Evon, 38, was driving when her 2015 Kia Optima struck a 1997 Ford F-150 on Connecticut Avenue near Atherton Drive in Silver Spring on May 12, 2022.
The two people in the Ford suffered non-life-threatening injuries, as did Evon and her two 13-year-old children.
Evon’s three-year-old daughter, Dreamie Dior Jackson, died in the crash because she was not properly restrained in a backless booster seat, WJLA reported.
“At the speed the defendant was traveling, she wasn’t driving a car, she was aiming a missile down the road during rush hour,” State’s Attorney John McCarthy said.
Danshell Evon, 38, was convicted of manslaughter for driving 98 mph and causing a crash that killed her daughter in May 2022.
Dreamie Dior Jackson, 3, died in crash because she was not properly restrained in a backless booster seat
Court documents say Evon was driving 98 mph when his 2015 Kia Optima struck a 1997 Ford F-150 on Connecticut Avenue near Atherton Drive in Silver Spring.
“If a minimum of common sense parenting skills had been in place, an appropriate child safety seat would have been installed.”
Nearly six months after the accident, Evon was charged with several counts, including vehicular manslaughter, child abuse, child neglect and second-degree assault.
Court documents revealed she was driving 98 miles per hour in the seconds before the crash.
NBC Washington reported that Montgomery County has already lowered the speed limit from 45 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour in that area.
After a four-day trial, a judge found Evon guilty of gross negligent manslaughter, four counts of second-degree assault and neglect of a minor.
Her sentencing is scheduled for August 9 and she faces a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
In her obituary, Dreamie Dior was described as a loving, studious, intelligent, intelligent and lonely child.
Her family said she loved putting on makeup, playing with her dolls, drawing and going to her gymnastics classes.
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