苹果员工被控谋杀：加州库比蒂诺近100英里时速追尾致2岁女童死亡
加州圣克拉拉县检察官办公室11月10日起诉38岁的苹果公司员工 Eric Chen Su 谋杀与持致命武器袭击两项重罪：他被指11月6日在库比蒂诺苹果总部附近以接近100英里的时速追尾一辆等红灯的汽车，车上的2岁女童 Riley Kathryn Howard 死亡，她的保姆重伤。
据圣克拉拉县警长办公室的事实陈述，事故发生在11月6日中午12时01分，地点是 North Tantau 大道与 Pruneridge 大道交叉口，在苹果园区访客中心附近。Su 驾驶黑色丰田凯美瑞向北行驶，在限速30英里的路段以超过90英里的速度撞上一辆停着的蓝色雪佛兰汽车，撞击前没有刹车，其车速表在撞击后停在100英里处。被撞车辆起火，路人上前把女童与驾车的保姆救出。
Riley Kathryn Howard 住在 San Jose，事发时坐在儿童安全座椅上，送医后不治；保姆头部与脊柱受伤，仍在住院。Su 先以重大过失杀人嫌疑被捕，检察官11月10日在 Palo Alto 法院正式起诉。副检察官 Rob Baker 说，Su 的车速约为限速的四倍，谋杀是无疑恰当的指控。Su 坐轮椅出庭、尚未答辩，下次开庭定于11月30日。事发地点11月7日曾举行悼念，现场现设有纪念处。
Apple Employee Charged With Murder: Nearly 100 mph Rear-End Crash in Cupertino Killed a 2-Year-Old Girl
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office on November 10 charged Eric Chen Su, a 38-year-old Apple employee, with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors say that on November 6, near Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, he rear-ended a car stopped at a red light at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing 2-year-old Riley Kathryn Howard and seriously injuring her babysitter.
According to a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office statement of facts, the crash happened at 12:01 p.m. on November 6 at the intersection of North Tantau and Pruneridge avenues, near the Apple Park Visitor Center. Su was driving a black Toyota Camry northbound at more than 90 mph in a 30 mph zone when he struck a stopped blue Chevrolet without braking; the Camry's speedometer was frozen at 100 mph after the impact. The struck car caught fire, and bystanders pulled the toddler and the babysitter, who was driving, from the vehicle.
Riley Kathryn Howard, of San Jose, was in a child safety seat and died after being taken to a hospital; the babysitter suffered head and spinal injuries and remained hospitalized. Su was first arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter before prosecutors filed the murder case in Palo Alto court on November 10. Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker said Su was travelling at about four times the speed limit and that murder was unquestionably the appropriate charge. Su appeared in a wheelchair, entered no plea, and his next hearing is set for November 30. A memorial was held at the crash site on November 7, and a makeshift memorial remains there.
来源：圣克拉拉县检察官办公室
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