A Plainview woman has been indicted on manslaughter and other charges for allegedly running a red light, striking a car and killing one of its passengers while high on methamphetamine, Nassau County officials said.

Cassandra Panetta, 41, pleaded not guilty Friday to a litany of charges stemming from an Aug. 10 collision in East Meadow that killed Steven Diamond, 55, of Farmingdale, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a news release.

Around 1 p.m. on Aug. 10, Donnelly said, Panetta was driving on Carman Avenue toward her Plainview home when she approached a red light at the intersection of Salisbury Park Drive.

Panetta allegedly drove her 2012 Nissan Maxima through the red light without hitting her brakes as another car with a green light was turning left from Salisbury

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