an off-duty police officer was driving his orange Corvette 94 miles an hour, nearly twice the speed limit, when he collided with a family’s SUV two years ago.
The crash killed a 1-year-old girl, who went flying out of the vehicle, according to police. But Christopher Manuel of the Baton Rouge Police Department will face no criminal charges — not even for speeding, prosecutors said this week.
The news has drawn further scrutiny to the 2017 tragedy that stirred public outrage last year after authorities arrested the dead child’s mother, 21-year-old Brittany Stephens, on suspicion of negligent homicide, saying the baby probably would not have been ejected and killed if Stephens had properly secured the car seat. Authorities have decided not to charge her, East Baton Rouge district attorney Hillar Moore III said.