Charges have been filed in connection with the death of a “good Samaritan” who stopped to help a motorist on March 14 near 59th and Nogard Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ramon Vazquez-Carmona, 42, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence, which is a felony, according to documents filed by the district attorney.
He also was charged with a second count, unlawfully driving a motor vehicle on a public highway without having a valid driver’s license, which is a misdemeanor.
A pickup truck allegedly driven by Vazquez-Carmona struck and killed Cynthia Marlene Goulding, who had stopped to help the driver of a sport utility vehicle that had been in an accident. According to police accounts at the time, the SUV had been struck by a sedan whose occupants fled on foot. Goulding was standing next to the SUV to check on the driver when the SUV was hit by a pickup truck, according to police accounts. It happened around 3:04 a.m. March 14, according to police.
Vazquez-Carmona was in the Wyandotte County Jail from March 14 to 16 and is now in federal custody, according to the DA’s spokesman.