Family packs court as driver charged in crash that killed 10-year-old girl in Webster, Massachusetts

The family of a 10-year-old child struck and killed by a vehicle in Webster, Massachusetts, packed a courtroom Tuesday as the driver in the deadly crash was arraigned. Sherry Mae Plitouke, 35, of Southbridge, is charged with vehicle homicide by negligent operation, negligent operation and speeding in the April 11 crash that claimed the life of Marleigh Rose Guevara, who was playing outside on School Street near her home.A passerby with their own automatic external defibrillator initiated CPR before first responders arrived and took her to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where the child was pronounced dead, police said.In court Tuesday, not guilty pleas were entered on the defendant's behalf, and she was held on $25,000 bail."I just want answers. I want justice for my baby. She didn't deserve this," said Heather Pereira, the child's mother. "We don’t have hate towards nobody. My daughter would be saying something like that. 'I'm OK.' As a father, I can't say the same. I am broken," said Rafael Guevara, the child's father.According to court documents, Plitouke told police that the child ran out in front of her car. Plitouke also said she was driving 20 to 25 mph in a 30 mph speed zone, police said.However, in their request for a warrant, investigators said that based on mathematical equations utilizing scene and roadway evidence, police believe the vehicle was traveling 41 mph.Police added in the request for the warrant that video speed analysis from surveillance footage from a business point 0.2 miles prior to the crash, shows the vehicle was traveling 65 miles per hour in the 30 mph zone. According to both the Webster and Dudley police departments, Plitouke was also arrested earlier this month and accused of drug possession and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Police said she was found in her car, apparently asleep, in the middle of Center Road in Dudley just after 9:30 p.m. April 3. She was released on personal recognizance after that crash. The judge Tuesday revoked her bail on the prior charge.Plitouke is scheduled to return to court in June.