FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Stephanie A. Magri was driving a silver Honda Accord when she crashed with a white Tesla Model 3 that then struck Sarah Castro in 2023 in Broward County, according to deputies. <\/p>\n
A video shows Castro, a grandmother, standing behind her wheelchair when the impact catapulted her through the air and into a parked blue Ford Mustang in Lauderdale Lakes, according to deputies. <\/p>\n
Matthew Karim, a defense attorney, said Magri, 49, who didn\u2019t have a valid driver\u2019s license, left the scene of the crash \u2014 not realizing Castro had been injured. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe had no idea,\u201d Karim said on Thursday, the fourth day of Magri\u2019s jury trial in Broward.<\/p>\n
Magri, who was born in New York and lived in Broward, had four prior convictions for driving on a suspended license in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2022, and she fled after the crash on Jan. 30, 2023, within the 3300 block of North State Road Seven, according to prosecutors. <\/p>\n
\u201cMagri fled the scene on foot without identifying herself or rendering aid to any of the parties involved … denied any possession or involvement … stated that she was with her mother,\u201d Chandler Greetham, a Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office detective, wrote on April 12, 2023, according to an arrest warrant. <\/p>\n
Fire rescue personnel took Castro to the Broward Health Medical Center, where she died after suffering a traumatic brain injury and a spinal fracture, records show. <\/p>\n
Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Magri on July 18, 2023, at Flanagan\u2019s Restaurant, at 2600 Davie Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, records show. <\/p>\n
Broward prosecutors filed the felony case against Magri on July 20, 2023, according to court records. Broward County Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel has been presiding over the case. <\/p>\n
On Aug. 8, 2023, Magri pleaded not guilty to three charges: Leaving the scene of a crash with death, a first-degree felony; failure to remain at the scene of an accident, a third-degree felony; and driving while license revoked, a third-degree felony. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis woman has not apologized for what she has done and has shown no remorse or asked for forgiveness. I feel she has shown no empathy and does not feel bad for what she has done. I am struggling to understand how to go easy on a repeat offender who has no respect for the law. She needs much more than house arrest … She needs to spend 25 years in prison,\u201d Castro\u2019s son, Luis Rodriguez, wrote in a 2024 letter to Siegel after he allowed house arrest. <\/p>\n
Magri was set to appear in court for a hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n
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