A Brooklyn woman who admitted responsibility for a horrific crash that killed a Flatbush mother and two of her young children was sentenced Wednesday to 3–9 years in state prison, a punishment the victims’ family says falls far short of justice.

Miriam Yarimi, 33, pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter for the March 29 tragedy that claimed the lives of 34-year-old Natasha Saada and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5, A”H. The family’s 4-year-old son, Philip, was critically injured with skull fractures, brain bleeding, and the loss of a kidney, but Bichasdei Hashem, he later recovered.

According to investigators, Yarimi was driving more than twice the speed limit when she blew through a red light at Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road, struck an Uber vehicle, flipped, and then slammed into the Saada family as they crossed the street.

In court on Wednesday, Yarimi delivered an emotional statement, saying:

“I accept full responsibility for my actions… There’s a lot of sorrow and pain, remorse, regret I feel in my heart for causing such an unspeakable tragedy. I hope and pray that my guilty plea, as well as my sentencing here today, will provide some degree of closure… I’ll have to live with this for the rest of my life. I think about the victims every day.”

The Saada family was not present for the sentencing. Their attorney, Herschel Kulefsky, said the family was deeply frustrated that Yarimi could serve as little as three years despite taking three lives.

“They are quite disappointed — outraged would probably be a better word,” he said.

The Brooklyn DA’s Office had recommended the maximum: five to fifteen years behind bars.

Yarimi’s attorney, Joseph Amsel, defended the lighter sentence, telling reporters that his client should not be defined solely by “her worst moments,” and that she too has endured a “tragic story.” He emphasized that acknowledging her hardships does not minimize the devastation caused to the Saada family.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)