Woman convicted in ’13 drunken-driving death of girl, 7

Olivia Mora: Killed 7-year-old child while driving drunk.

Last Friday, a Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Olivia Mora, 42, for the Nov. 26, 2013 crash on Olney Street in Dorchester that killed Briana Rosales, 7, as she walked home from school with her mother. The jury found Mora guilty of manslaughter OUI, motor-vehicle homicide, OUI causing serious bodily injury and assault, and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

The young victim’s mother also suffered critical injuries when Mora drunkenly drove her Chevy Tahoe at 53 mph. while trying to pass a T bus. She struck a parked car and a fire hydrant before careening to Brianna and her mother. Mora is scheduled for sentencing on Jan 6.


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