Brandy Will Not Face Criminal Charges for Fatal Crash

R&B singer Brandy will not face criminal charges for a fatal car crash that she was involved in on December 30th of last year. With respect to the specifics of the Decemeber 30, 2006 accident, People Magazine reports:

On Dec. 30, 2006, Brandy rear-ended a 2005 Toyota Corolla while traveling on an L.A. freeway, setting off a chain-reaction crash that involved two other cars. The driver of the Toyota, Awatef Aboudihaj, a 38-year-old mother of two, died the following day from injuries she had sustained."

Despite Brandy’s role in the crash, it has been announced today that she will not face any criminal charges. People further reports:

"The City Attorney’s Office has decided not to file misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges against Brandy Norwood in the case stemming from a Dec. 30, 2006, traffic collision," that office’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said in a statement. "After conducting a thorough investigation, which included consulting with some of the top accident reconstruction experts in the country, City prosecutors concluded that there was insufficient evidence from which a jury could find Ms. Norwood guilty of such a charge beyond a reasonable doubt," he said."

Brandy was not injured in the crash and there has been no evidence that suggests that she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident. Nevertheless, Brandy still faces four wrongful-death suits filed by Aboudihaj’s family and one other victim invovled in the accident.