- Danshell Evon, 38, was driving 96 miles per hour when she hit another car
- Her three-year-old daughter, Dreamie Dior Jackson, died in the wreck
- Investigation revealed that she was not properly secured in a booster seat without a backrest
A Maryland woman was driving nearly 100 mph when she crashed into another car, killing her toddler daughter — and now the mother faces a half-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.
Both people in the Ford suffered non-life-threatening injuries, along with 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 secured in a backless booster seat, reported WJLA.
“At the speed the defendant was traveling, she was not driving a car, she was sending a missile across the road in the middle of rush hour,” said prosecutor John McCarthy.
Danshell Evon, 38, was found guilty of manslaughter for driving 97mph and causing a crash that killed her daughter in May 2022
Dreamie Dior Jackson, 3, died in the crash because she was not properly secured in a backless booster seat
Court documents show Evon was driving 96 mph when her 2015 Kia Optima struck a 1997 Ford F-150 on Connecticut Avenue near Atherton Drive in Silver Spring
“If the barest common sense parenting skills were in place, a proper child safety seat would have been installed.”
Nearly six months after the crash, Evon was indicted on several charges, including vehicular manslaughter, child abuse, child neglect and second-degree assault.
Court documents showed she was driving 98 miles per hour in the seconds before the crash.
NBCWashington reported that Montgomery County had previously lowered the speed limit in that area from 45 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour.
After a four-day trial, a judge found Evon guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence, four counts of second-degree abuse and neglect of a minor.
Her sentencing is scheduled for August 9, with a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
In her obituary, Dreamie Dior was described as a loving, inquisitive, sharp, smart and lonely child.
Shortly after the crash that killed her daughter, Evon said, “(Dreamie) loved doing makeup, playing with her dolls, drawing and going to her gymnastics classes.”
“She had a big heart and her personality was contagious. She was a very special soul.”