Police charge woman for killing pedestrian on TikTok live
Zion, Illinois, police have charged a driver with felonies after she allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok.
Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, known as Tea Tyme on TikTok, faces charges of reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death, according to The New York Times. Surveillance video showed McCarty-Wroten’s vehicle entering an intersection against a red light, and investigators determined she did not slow down or change course before hitting Darren Lucas, who later died at the hospital.
A video reshared on TikTok reportedly shows a woman identified as Tea Tyme speaking into her phone when a loud thud occurs. An offscreen child asks, “What was that?” and the woman responds, “I hit somebody.”
McCarty-Wroten’s lawyer told The New York Times that evidence would demonstrate the incident was “an accident, was a negligent act, but was not an intentional or reckless act.”