Pregnant Broadway Actress Seriously Injured, Daughter Killed in NYC Wreck

March 6th, 2018, 10:34 am

Pregnant Broadway Actress Seriously Injured, Daughter Killed in NYC Wreck

Ruthie Ann Miles and a friend were walking with their children at an intersection when a car driven by a 44-year-old Staten Island woman allegedly ran a red light and struck them. Witnesses said the car dragged the stroller for a block. https://t.co/frGy0b123O
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) March 6, 2018

Tony-winning actress Ruthie Ann Miles was walking with her four year old daughter, her friend Lauren Lew and her one year old child in Park Slope when they were struck by a car that ran a red light. Both children were killed and Ruthie, who is pregnant, is currently fighting for her life.

crazy #crash woman slams mom/2 kids in crosswalk 9th & 5th Ave. - 2 kids DOA @lutheranmedctr horror scene, driver in shock, taken 2 #MethodistHospital vehicle ended w/ parked cars, @FDNY & @nypd78pct in shock, cops angry - 'I just thought of own kids https://t.co/vD74rvR2Ch pic.twitter.com/jsij0GaMFW
— Todd Maisel (@ToddMaisel) March 5, 2018

Neighbors come together to protest for safety after two children killed in a #ParkSlope crosswalk Monday as they were in their mothers’ arms. 4 y/o & 1y/o. One pregnant mom, @RuthieAnnMiles fighting for her life. Live @PIX11News 8:30 am pic.twitter.com/sNEd6myHfQ
— Kirstin Cole (@kirstincoletv) March 6, 2018

The driver attempted to speed away but was stopped by witnesses on the street. https://t.co/3XX3Lcwwq8

An early look at Tuesday's front... pic.twitter.com/K6FMf2aRZh
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 6, 2018

This would be a tragedy any way you look at it; but it's particularly a Broadway tragedy. Ruthie Ann Miles is in critical condition and her 4-year-old daughter was killed. Another mother lost her 1-year-old son. The murderer has a long history of running red lights and speeding. https://t.co/m0Y2Ss4o28
— Fred Barton (@FredBarton1899) March 6, 2018

Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Blumenstein thanked her friend Lauren Lew when she won a Tony in 2015. Both women lost young children in a horrific crash as they were walking in a Brooklyn intersection on Monday. https://t.co/9GtOcTeFhy pic.twitter.com/YmyZeYtgFe
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 6, 2018

This is heart shattering. Please help if you can and if you can't please send love and hope and prayers their way. Ruthie, I am sending you all the love and light in my heart today sweet lady.
Ruthie Ann Miles Fund https://t.co/Spsy7MAsBP
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) March 6, 2018

Our thoughts and prayers are with @RuthieAnnMiles and her family during this tragic time.https://t.co/Qwcj3OUJdA
— BroadwayWorld (@BroadwayWorld) March 6, 2018

The wonderful KING AND I star, Ruthie Ann Miles, is pregnant and was severely injured when she was hit by a car. Her four-year-old daughter was killed. It’s something difficult to even think about. You can help here:
Fund https://t.co/hcp1dmKUDf
— Seth Rudetsky (@SethRudetsky) March 6, 2018

And here is the GoFundMe for the Lew family: https://t.co/MU4ojOjD5e
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) March 6, 2018

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Oh my GOD. That's awful.

fucking tragic. is it true the driver tried to speed away?? disgusting

The NY Times article says she kept driving like forward and smashed into more cars but doesn’t frame it like a hit and run so I’m not sure.

Was she drunk??? WTF

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awful. regardless, it's horrifying to consider how much damage one person can do in a matter of seconds. these women were taking their kids out for a walk, and now those kids are dead and a pregnant mom is fighting for her baby and her own life. i don't know how i could live with myself knowing that my carelessness ended two innocent lives.

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holy shit

An article said "The murderer has a long history of running red lights and speeding".
Disgusting piece of human trash

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Here's what the NY Daily News says, which is more sensationalist than the NY Times:

"The driver, Dorothy Bruns, 44, whose car was cited four times in the last two years for running red lights, attempted to speed away but crashed into several cars on Ninth St. and was stopped by witnesses, cops said."

http://www.nydailynews.com/horoscopes/woman-2-kids-critically-injured-struck-brooklyn-article-1.3856749

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I read somewhere that she's run red lights before.

She is claiming to have had a seizure plus other medical issues and crashed into a park car after hitting the children and their mothers. Knowing the medics and emts that responded to this call, the lady was on her phone texting afterwards when they had her on the stretcher. She also has a history of 4 citations for running red lights.

jfc this is so horrific. rip to those poor babies

i get so angry when ppl run red lights. i had a minor car accident because of it and everyone was fine, but seriously just fucking don't do that shit and ppl who keep getting caught need to have their license revoked, wtf.

I hate the whole attitude of "well im late and where im going is sooooo important so imma just run this red light." gtfo no its not important. obey the laws asshole..

i was on an MTA bus here in nyc who was stopped at a red light. to my right was a street that led to the FDR. when the light turned green the bus started to move and then had to brake SO hard because a car came speeding down the other side of the street (which has THREE lanes of cars moving at the same time) all bc they wanted to beat the light. it shook the bus driver up so bad, i felt terrible for him, bc god forbid he would've hit that car that person would be dead and it would be on his conscious. people are so irresponsible sometimes with their driving.

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I see people do it all the time, and I can tell sometimes they think they're just going to be pushing the yellow but it changes to red before they get there.

People forget that yellow technically means slow down, not speed up to make the light.

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That's how a guy ran over my foot.
In the end I think he was more shocked than me. I hope that means he's never done it again tbh.

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i got hit that way once too, and the driver was a man who had the audacity to yell at ME because he had his kid in the car. and i had a witness that saw him do it, but the witness was waiting for the bus and had to leave so he gave me his phone number. i was 21 at the time and when the cop got there he initially somehow assumed it was my fault because of my age and was giving me shit since the guy was so angry, but upon inspecting the damage and me giving him my witness's phone number he SEMI came around and was nicer about it. ugh

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I just watched a cyclist cruise through a red light causing a fucking bus to have to stop short to avoid hitting him. How cavalier can you be?

I see it everyday multiple times a day like is it really fucking worth saving five mins of your time jfc

A car ran a red light over my foot, once.
Like, I saw the light go green for pedestrians and stepped forward next thing I know I was facing 90 degrees to the left, the driver had sped up on the yellow light and I didn't see... If I had gone one step forward, though, it would have been all of me.
As it was I was lucky all I got was compressed nerves (idk if I'm saying it right in english, but basically, I didn't break anything, but the muscles and nerves of my left foot were damaged) and only two months to recover completely.
And it was something so minor that the driver only realised something happened bc my arm hit his mirror and it landed on his lap, so he immediately stopped and drove me to the hospital. I felt kind of bad for him, he was way more in shock than I was.

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i hate it too but i also live in a country where you either run the red light or risk getting robbed or worse.

I'm literally recovering from being hit by a runner on Friday. He was found guilty of failing to yield at a left turn and reckless driving in the last 2 years. Its complicated because I got a hostile unprofessional cop (who has complaints against him) who handed me a citation while in my hospital bed finding me at fault. Without asking my side of the story, just believing the guy who hit me (who had a face tattoo and an easily checked record). And insinuated I was high because he found a bottle of my anti depressants in my car. So because this shitty dude kept driving like an asshole I have to have 2 lawyers and my whole life is on hold and I'm in pain. I'm so glad it wasn't worse, and this story breaks my heart. I wish people's license would be taken away based on the number of citations you get. You shouldn't be able to keep paying the fine and continue on.

it's how i failed my last driver's test (before I just gave up because fuck driving anyway.)

I was at the last intersection before the DMV, first in line at the upcoming light (that had just turned green) and some dingus on the highway RAN THE RED LIGHT and I would've T-boned him if I didn't slam on the breaks. Got an automatic fail for that which I still say is bullshit but here we are.

same, just fucking stop holy shit

i'm so SCARED of people behind wheels

Yup. Was in an accident in August with my parents and brother, where some fuckwit ran a red light and hit the rear drivers side door where I was sitting, then took off. Got a nasty concussion, thankfully nothing else. We never found the asshole that did it.

I got t-boned by a guy who ran a red light and he was so nonchalant about it afterwards. I was pissed. Not only did he hit me, but he pushed another car into me after hitting them. Then it turned out he didn't even have a license or insurance and the police weren't able to track him down afterwards.

I really can't believe what some people are allowed to get away with when it comes to driving. I responded to a call where a guy crashed into 4 parked cars and he had no driver's license or id, gave two different addresses in two different states, and only had a driving certificate from some school in Maryland that he tried to show the police. This happened in NYC and the cops just let him go. I was shocked. Thank goodness no one was in the vehicles or was injured, but people literally are allowed to drive something that can murder numerous people with no real consequences. Same thing when people have multiple offenses for drunk driving.

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I get so worried when I'm going too fast and have to drive through a yellow light because if I stopped then I would be in the middle of an intersection. I hate when that happens.

I've only purposely driven through a red light but that was only because I had a bad allergic reaction to a numbing shot and I was trying to drive back to my doctor's office while trying not to pass out behind the wheel. Now if I have to get a shot I stay at the doctor's office for an extra 20-30 minutes just to make sure that doesn't happen again. Sorry for the tmi

Oh my god, that's horrifying. Both of them lost their babies. So tragic.

Oh shit, this was reposted in the Amber Tamblyn post yesterday but I didn't know it happened to an actress. God the details are still so horrific.

I really hope she makes it :(

I read about this in the Amber Tamblyn post yesterday, just horrible...

Jesus, this is terrifying. And the driver tried to leave?! I wonder if she was texting or under the influence.

Awful that both children were killed and hopefully she can pull through.

Tragic

another article states that she may have had a seizure while driving.

her family is claiming seizure, which I tend to take with a grain of salt. Of course they wouldn't want to believe anything else

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That’s why I never rush to blame the driver like most people do because you never know what was going on, even the car could have malfunctioned or something

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But other sources are reporting she has a history of running red lights and reckless driving...

That's fucking horrifying.

I hope she pulls through, and her baby. I cant imagine what the rest of her family must be going through D:

I hope that driver is caught and jailed.

this is unreal

these poor people. those poor babies

fuck that driver, lock that asshole up for life

God how awful, poor babies :( I hope Ruthie pulls through and both mothers can find a way to carry on. Life sentence to the murderer, I will never understand how some drivers think running a red light is just a casual little offense.

Oh my god that's horrible. RIP :(

That's horrible for everyone involved. Jesus.

so incredibly heartbreaking. i hope she can pull through this.

the photo of the shoe :( it's just not needed.

Mte on that photo. Disrespectful and gross.

IKR? Such a disgusting attempt to get a ~deep picture when that is just disrespectful.

mte about the photo.

even the on-air news reports were disgusting about this, emphasizing the 'tiny shoes left behind' and just being really sensationalist and gross. idk how some of these reporters can bear to type/speak the way they do, it almost sounds like a parody at times.

That shoe 😢

Holy shit. I hope she makes it but at the same time she'll wake up to a world without her child and that is fucking awful.

This is so horrible, poor families.

That bitch who run the red light and then tried to run away should rot in jail.

I live in Park Slope and I'm always amazed there aren't more accidents. People drive insane around here. I always see people running red lights, cutting people off, etc.

This is honestly so heartbreaking :(

It was the 9th st and 6th ave crosswalk near the Library. Honestly the light there is a mess and the intersection is dangerous. I'm horrified (don't live in PS, but work there and go there weekly for like the last 8 years).

omg yeah that whole area 9th street from 4-8th ave is so busy all the time and I always see people speeding. And there is a school like literally 20 feet from that corner and there are always kids around there :( so fucking senseless.

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People still speed like crazy down PPW even though a child was run over there (which was the whole reason behind Vision Zero) and there's always tons of kids crossing the street. Drivers are so insanely entitled that I don't think anything other than speed bumps will deter them.

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I used to live off the 25th Street R and was stunned at the sheer number of pedestrian knockdowns. AWFUL.

I live in NYC too and I feel drivers up here are the most cavalier I've ever seen. They don't obey signs or lights, its like they make up their own rules for driving. I really wonder how any of them got a license in the first place. And they act like its your fault if they almost hit you, especially as a pedestrian. I had a guy turn a corner and almost hit me, but instead of apologizing he yelled at me for walking into the crosswalk when I had the crossing signal.

Brooklyn drivers seem to be the worst.

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