HAYMARKET, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have charged the driver of a van after a woman fell to her death while riding atop a mattress the two women were trying to move.
Local news organizations report thatNorma Guadron Canales, 41, of Culpeper was driving the van while Sindy Zelaya Gonzalez, 20, rode atop the mattress on the van’s roof. The mattress came off and Gonzalez fell.
Prince William County police say the two women had found the mattress curbside and were trying to move it.
Canales stayed at the scene and turned herself in to authorities. She was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license.
- Posted October 03, 2016
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Driver of van charged after woman falls off mattress and dies
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