A Plantation woman facing charges in a crash that killed a pregnant woman at a hotel pool cabana in Fort Laduerdale entered a written not guilty plea in Broward court on Tuesday.
Rosa Rivera Kim, 34, was not in court, but her next hearng is July 23.
Kim faces charges including two counts of DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage.
Kim was driving westbound in the 600 block of Southeast 4th Street on March 18 when she lost control of her car, veering off the road and into the cabana at the Riverside Hotel on East Las Olas Boulevard, police said.
Kim's car struck and killed 26-year-old Alanna Demella, a Medford, Mass. resident who was seven months pregnant, according to a report.
Officials said Kim’s toxicology results revealed she was driving under the influence of alcohol and three times over the legal limit.
According to an arrest affidavit, Kim told police she was having lunch with her husband prior to the crash and had ordered an alcoholic drink. She admitted to getting into an argument with her husband that day and leaving the restaurant alone in a 2006 Audi sedan, the report said.
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Police said Kim's car was traveling in excess of the 25 mph speed limit when she crossed over the east lane, over the sidewalk curb and plowed into Demella, her unborn child and her husband.
"I'm sure that she didn't intend for this to happen, but unfortunately when you make poor decisions, there's oftentimes where there's something like this that will happen," Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman Det. Deanna Garcia.
Michael Demella, the pregnant woman's husband, and Kim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
