Trial set for Little Rock woman accused of killing infant in crash where pickup hit home

A Little Rock woman accused of killing an infant in a November car crash is set to stand trial in December on a misdemeanor negligent homicide charge.

Lucinda Edwards-Harris, 52, represented by attorney Lott Rolfe IV, made her first appearance in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Wednesday to enter an innocent plea to the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of a year in jail. She asked for a jury trial, and Judge Leon Johnson scheduled the proceeding for Dec. 13.

According to an Arkansas State Police report, Edwards-Harris was southbound on Arkansas 367 about 3:31 p.m. on Nov. 7 when the 2012 Dodge pickup she was driving ran off the road in southeastern Pulaski County, just before the highway becomes Arch Street Pike.

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The truck ran through the yard of a Terra Road home, hitting several trees before crashing into a room at the house and striking the crib where Devon Zachary Lazarus was sleeping. The child had turned 1 year old about three weeks earlier.

Metro on 08/17/2017

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