The couple had just left a donut shop when the accident occurred, leaving the woman traumatized after witnessing the horrific incident.
The driver, who was reportedly over the legal alcohol limit, fled the scene but was later apprehended by authorities.
Breitbart reported that Kristina Chambers, 32, was apparently driving her Porsche 100 miles per hour at the time of the accident, the New York Post reported Friday.
This is a mugshot of the driver and a photo of the victim and what her car looked like. It’s absolutely destroyed.
Drunk Houston woman plows Porsche into man on first date, killing him: cops https://t.co/YsEYSbTezd pic.twitter.com/wKmEvZ24RV
— New York Post (@nypost) April 28, 2023
When he was hit, the 33-year-old victim, identified as Joe McMullin, was thrown into the air, according to law enforcement.
The suspect was apparently driving so fast she was unable to navigate a curve in the road before slamming into a curb and hitting the man.
Video footage shows the moments just before the crash:
McMullin had left a donut shop with a woman identified as Briana Iturrino. The pair were enjoying their first date together when the fatal incident occurred as they were walking.
“I’m just in shock that he’s gone, that I was there, that I saw it happen,” Iturrino told Fox 26. “Even before I could act on it I felt something hot graze against my hip.”
Authorities charged the suspect Monday and she appeared in court on Wednesday, the Mail article continued:
She lives in the Montrose area with her husband of six years, Xuan Si, a portfolio manager, in an expansive $1.5 million home bought with a $1 million mortgage.
Her lawyer, Mark Thiessen, said Chambers broke her leg and clavicle in the collision.
He told the court she was not guilty and cited poor road conditions on Houston streets as the reason Chambers lost control of her vehicle.
Court records reportedly said the suspect’s blood-alcohol content was about four times over the legal limit, and a prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office claimed investigators found traces of possible drugs that included cocaine inside her bag.
Wow, I hope they throw the book at this woman… but chances are she’ll get away with murder, like most elites do these days.