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    'Nobody stopped': Who struck two brothers in a crosswalk? Murder trial begins for LA socialite

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Jan 16, 2024 4 minutes
    A sign shows an image of Mark Iskander, 11, left, and his brother Jacob Iskander, 8, outside Van Nuys Courthouse were a preliminary hearing was held for Rebecca Grossman, who is charged with murder and other counts stemming from a crash in Los Angeles' Westlake Village, where Grossman's Mercedes struck the boys in a crosswalk and killed them.

    LOS ANGELES — Nancy Iskander was in the crosswalk of a quiet Westlake Village street with three of her children when she heard engines roaring. Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.

    Iskander put up her right hand in a desperate effort to stop the speeding vehicles and dived for safety, grabbing her 5-year-old son. Her next memory is of her two older boys — Jacob, 8, and Mark, 11 — crumpled on Triunfo Canyon Road.

    Los Angeles County prosecutors say Rebecca Grossman was behind the wheel of a white Mercedes that fatally in the marked crosswalk. she was driving as fast as 81 mph and traveled another half-mile after slamming into the children.

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