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   The driver allegedly hit the female pedestrian so hard her head   
   burst through the windshield and left a chunk of hair in the glass,   
   as new video shows the suspect shortly after the crash.   
      
   A suspected drunk driver exclaimed to police that it was "just a   
   homeless person" after she struck and killed a woman with her car   
   in Florida, per Miami authorities.   
      
   Ivana Gomez was allegedly seen by police speeding in her BMW   
   through Miami on May 30 around 1 a.m. before she hit 41-year-old   
   Kathryn Kipnis as Kipnis was attempting to cross a Miami street.   
   Officials say Kipnis was hit so hard, her head in fact burst   
   through the windshield, leaving a chunk of her hair stuck in the   
   glass.   
      
   Gomez, 32, is now facing vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter   
   charges after her toxicology report showed she had blood alcohol   
   content (BAC) levels over the legal limit when she allegedly hit   
   and killed Kipnis in Little Havana.   
      
   "The defendant's flagrant disregard for human life by striking the   
   victim and fleeing the scene demonstrates a willful and wanton   
   disregard for the safety of others," read her updated arrest   
   documents, following the toxicology results.   
      
   According to initial arrest documents obtained by CBS News, Gomez   
   was driving so fast that the officer who first spotted her had to   
   "travel over 100 mph" just to catch up.T he officer did eventually   
   catch up with Gomez and allegedly witnessed her hitting Kipnis, who   
   was then carried by the car for approximately 231 feet before her   
   body was "violently thrown off."   
      
   Kipnis died at the scene.   
      
   The officer activated his lights and siren, however, Gomez still   
   did not stop, say police, who didn't reach her until she was forced   
   to stop at a red light with traffic.   
      
   Officials said she smelled strongly of alcohol, had bloodshot and   
   watery eyes and failed an eye exam field sobriety test; Police also   
   said they noticed "fresh vomit" in the vehicle. She was then put   
   into a cruiser, where she allegedly told officers the woman she hit   
   was "just a homeless person" and that it was "just an accident,"   
   the documents said.   
      
   https://toofab.com/2025/08/07/suspected-drunk-driver-miami-kills-   
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