“The wife of a US diplomat who fled the UK after her involvement in a car crash that killed a teenage boy has been charged “with causing death by dangerous driving,” authorities said Friday.
“The Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) said in a statement that police in Northamptonshire, the English county where the incident took place, have been authorized to charge Anne Sacoolas, 42.
“Extradition proceedings are underway, according to CPS, but Sacoolas’s attorney, Amy Jeffress, told BuzzFeed News she “will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible and unintentional accident.”
“The US State Department said on Friday the decision to charge Sacoolas was not a “helpful development.””
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