Lynn woman guilty in crash that killed Lynn man

LYNN – A jury convicted a city woman of motor-vehicle homicide in a Sept. 2012 crash that killed a young man and seriously injured his twin brother as the two walked home from a convenience store.
“I can’t tell you if she was rifling through her purse, eating food…we don’t know,” Essex Assistant District Attorney Erin Bellavia said in her closing statement Monday. “I can tell you, and submit to you, we know what she wasn’t doing, she wasn’t looking at the road.”
Angela Okonkwo, 38, of 339 Linwood St., Lynn. was convicted of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation; in connection with a Sept. 2012 motor-vehicle crash in Austin Square in which Riley McManus, 22, was seriously injured and his twin brother, Dillon McManus, was killed.
Although the incident occurred in Lynn, the trial began Thursday at Peabody District Court in a special court session for cases that remain open past the time standards established by the Commonwealth.
The jury deliberated for approximately 10 minutes before returning its verdict. Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday.Please see the complete story in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Item.