Drunk driver kills pedestrian in horror crash - but tells police she hit 'homeless person'
A suspected drink-driver smashed her vehicle into a pedestrian - fatally injuring her - before heartlessly telling officers the victim was "just a homeless person".
Ivana Gomez, 32, allegedly drove her BMW straight into 41 year old Kathryn Kipnis - who was not homeless - with such force that the woman was dragged over 230 feet before being "violently thrown off" the car.
A police officer who witnessed the shocking collision in Miami, Florida, had to reach speeds exceeding 100 mph to catch up with Gomez as she fled the scene.
The motorist was eventually apprehended when she became trapped at traffic lights, according to authorities.
Gomez, who is facing manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges, "spontaneously stated that it was just a homeless person that I hit and it is just an accident," the crime report states, reports the Mirror.
Officers noted that Gomez reeked of alcohol, displayed bloodshot, watery eyes and had fresh sick in her vehicle, WSVN reports.
She failed a field sobriety test and immediately requested legal representation, the police report continued.
Body-worn camera footage released this week shows Gomez in handcuffs and barefoot shortly after her arrest on the DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges in Miami.
Nevertheless, the footage doesn't capture her dismissing the victim as "just a homeless person" - a statement Gomez refuted when questioned during her initial court appearance in May. However, as they prepare a case for Gomez's next court appearance, the police continue to assert this.
They have already shared with the media shocking images of the wrecked BMW and a large, head-shaped hole in the windscreen.
At the May hearing, prosecutor Laura Adams stated that Gomez "hit the victim so hard that the victim's head went into the vehicle, through the windscreen, and some of the victim's hair got caught on the passenger's seat belt."
Yet at that same hearing, in response to the "homeless person" comment, Gomez told the judge: "Your Honour, I never said that. I did not say that whatsoever. That's false."
Ms Kipnis, who hails from Miami, was not homeless and was returning home after an evening out with friends, her father informed reporters earlier this year.
Gomez, whose blood alcohol level was. 112 - exceeding the US legal limit of .08 - five hours post-crash, remains detained on a $251,000 (£187,000) bond.
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