A Bridgeport correction officer has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the hit-and-run crash that killed a mom and injured her 11-year-old son in Bridgeport in December.
Patricia Daniels, 46, of Bridgeport, was charged her with second-degree manslaughter, risk of injury to a minor and evading responsibility and has pleaded not guilty.
A spokesperson for the Department of Correction said Daniels has served as a correction officer with the Bridgeport Correctional Center since 1998 and would be placed on administrative leave in light of her arrest.
Police said they tracked down Daniels' white BMW X3 SUV in December and linked it to the crash that killed 51-year-old Evelyn Agyei, a mother of three, and injured her 11-year-old son in early December.
Surveillance footage showed the BMW striking Agyei's Subaru several times, forcing her car off the road and into a tree, and Agyei's son told investigators the car "rammed" their vehicle repeatedly, according to police.
Police said Daniels admitted to driving on Boston Avenue the morning of the crash and told investigators she checked herself into Saint Vincent's Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation.
Daniels lives less than half a mile from the scene. A relative leaving her home Wednesday evening declined to comment and said Daniels would not comment on the case.
"All I want to say to her is when she faces a judge, she should come out with the truth," Jonathan Agyei said.
She's been released on bond and is due back in court on April 2.
