'I see it in my nightmares.' Mom of boys killed in Westlake crosswalk testifies in civil case
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The mother of two boys killed when they were hit in a Westlake Village crosswalk gave tearful testimony about the last moments of her sons’ lives during a civil trial against the drivers of the cars that sped through that intersection.Nancy Iskander told jurors that she was crossing a road with her three sons when she was forced to grab her youngest son and dive to avoid being hit by a black Mercedes SUV.But then, she said, she saw her two older sons disappear as a white speeding Mercedes plowed through the crosswalk.“I was crossing the road.
I was not crossing the racetrack,” she testified Tuesday in the civil wrongful death trial against her son’s convicted killer, Rebecca Grossman, and former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson.The lawsuit seeks $100 million from Grossman, Erickson and their insurance companies.In 2024, Grossman was convicted of murder during a trial in which experts said she was driving up to 81 mph and traveled a quarter of a mile after slamming into the children before her car shut down.
She is serving a sentence of 15 years to life.At the civil trial, Iskander recalled the horror of losing her sons Mark,11, and Jacob, 8, on Sept.
29, 2020, as they were walking near a private lake and two Mercedes SUVs came speeding down the street.California Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson took the stand during a wrongful death civil trial Monday.
He and Rebecca Grossman could be held liable for the deaths of two boys killed in a crosswalk in 2020.Iskander said she saw a black sport utility vehicle “roaring” toward the Westlake Village intersection where she and her three sons were crossing.She said she grabbed her 5-year-old, Zachary, pulling him to safety as the SUV driven by Erickson barreled through the marked crosswalk on Triunfo Canyon Road.
“I still see that bumper,” she said.“I see it in my nightmares.” The black car passed through the m...