Five-Year-Old Killed: Man Crashed Into Girl As She Crossed Worcester Street With Mom, DA Says

Christopher Remillard, 58, was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide by negligence, and negligent driving of a motor vehicle in the April 2022 crash, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. 

Remillard has previously said he was reaching into his pocket to retrieve a $20 bill for gas and didn't see Candice Asare-Yeboah and her mother as they left the Queen Beauty Supply store on Stafford Street. The impact threw the young girl under a parked car. She died of her injuries a month later at a Worcester hospital. 

The girl's mother, Asha Nyarko-Asare, was also seriously injured in the crash. She spent several weeks in the hospital but recovered, authorities said. 

Investigators said Remillard was driving 47 mph when he crashed into them — 12 miles over the posted speed limit, records show. 

Remillard was released on a $1,000 bail when he was arraigned last year, but he is not allowed to drive as a condition of that release, court records said. 

A GoFundMe for Asare-Yeboah raised more than $27,000 goal, more than five times its original goal of $5,000. The fundraising page has become a hub for news in the case.

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