New York Daily News

Unborn kid dies after mowdown

- BY JOHN ANNESE and JANON FISHER

THE BROADWAY actress whose daughter was mowed down and killed in a Brooklyn crosswalk, has lost the baby she was carrying at the time of the crash, the family’s lawyer told the Daily News Wednesday.

Ruthie Ann Miles and her husband Jonathan Blumenstei­n were expecting the baby girl this month.

“At the time of the crash Ruthie was pregnant and was severely injured. This past Friday, Ruthie and Jonathan lost their baby, Sophia Rosemary Wong Blumenstei­n,” Ben Rubinowitz said. “The pain suffered by Ruthie and Jonathan is nearly impossible to fathom.”

Miles and Lauren Lew were crossing Ninth St. at Fifth Ave. in Park Slope with their young children when Dorothy Bruns blew a red light and slammed into them on March 5.

Miles’ daughter, Abigail, 4, and Lew’s 1-year-old son, Joshua, died in the wreck.

Bruns, 44 — who suffers from multiple sclerosis, seizures and failing health — is charged with manslaught­er.

The Staten Island woman’s license was suspended two days after the crash.

Bruns racked up eight tickets from red-light and speed cameras prior to the smashup.

Earlier this month, she was charged in a 10-count indictment for getting behind the wheel of her Volvo S60 against her doctor’s orders, knowing she was a deadly crash waiting to happen. Bruns hit a city Housing Authority worker six months before the fatal accident, injuring the woman’s shoulder, ankle and wrist and then driving away. The worker got Bruns’ license plate number and filed a report, but police never followed up.

“This should never happen,” Mayor de Blasio said after a Daily News report detailing Bruns history. “She should never have been allowed to be driving a car after what we know.”

Miles earned a Tony in 2015 for her performanc­e in “The King and I.” She was 39 weeks pregnant when she lost her baby, Rubinowitz said.

Prosecutor­s won’t be able to pursue additional charges, since state laws regarding homicide only apply after a baby is born, according to state law.

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