Cousin driver charged in Pittsburgh teen’s car-surfing death
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A cousin who was driving the car has been charged in the car-surfing death of a 15-year-old Pittsburgh boy who fell off the car face-first.
Police say 23-year-old Nadia Goins-Samuels surrendered Wednesday morning on charges including vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Ronte Nelson-Goins.
Police say he was riding on the trunk of a car driven by Goins-Samuels when he suffered a severe head injury on Feb. 29. He never regained consciousness before dying March 8 at UPMC-Presbyterian hospital.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Goins-Samuels, who was in custody awaiting arraignment.
Police haven’t charged her with drunken driving, but say she acknowledged drinking before driving down a street with one man on the hood of her car before Ronte jumped on, too.