CLAYTON — A Venezuelan woman was sentenced Friday for causing a wrong-way crash that killed a 12-year-old boy in 2023 in Hazelwood.

Endrina Bracho, 34, stood shackled in front of a judge while she gave a tear-filled apology to the boy’s family before she was sentenced. Through a Spanish interpreter, she expressed her condolences and said she shared their loss as a mother herself. "From the bottom of her heart" she begged for their forgivingness.

“I am asking God to fill you with peace,” she said. “That kind of peace that goes beyond reason. I hope he provides you with enough strength for this kind of situation and may God bless you.”

Authorities said Bracho in December 2023 was driving in the wrong lane on Dunn Road at 75 mph when her vehicle collided with a Jeep carrying another family

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