"..., Deputy Public Defender Ken Erlich said, suffered "an explosion of pain" in her spine as she drove, causing her to drive through the red light.
"It was blinding, excruciating pain," he said.
Bronstein, originally charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, threw herself on the mercy of the court by pleading no contest to four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. During earlier proceedings, prosecutors dropped drunken driving and drug-impairment charges because medical tests showed she was not under the influence as first believed, Deputy District Attorney Bob Chen said...."
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