Driver pleads not guilty in homicide

SUV ran over, killed mom with daughter murdered by MS-13

A woman who drove her SUV over a New York mother saluted by President Donald Trump for her crusade against MS-13 gang violence pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of criminally negligent homicide.

Annmarie Drago, a 58-yearold nurse, surrendered to police in the morning and appeared in court with her hands cuffed behind her back.

She also faces charges of criminal mischief and petit larceny in the Sept. 14 confrontation that led to the death of Evelyn Rodriguez, who became a symbol in the fight against gang violence after her 16-year-old daughter, Kayla Cuevas, was hacked and beaten to death along with a friend on a suburban Long Island street.

Prosecutors said Rodriguez was killed as she angrily confronted Drago for trashing a memorial set up for the second anniversary of the girl’s death near the spot where she was slain.

The fatal SUV strike was recorded by a television news crew that was rolling as dignitaries prepared to head to the scene in Brentwood for a vigil.