Woman who hit pregnant woman sentenced to jail

— A woman convicted of hitting a pregnant woman with her SUV during an argument and killing her unborn baby has been sentenced to 32 years to life prison.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says Monica Mercado was sentenced Monday in a Compton court after being convicted of one count each of second-degree murder and attempted murder.

On April 5, 2009, Mercado and a woman who was eight months pregnant got into an argument over a mutual boyfriend who was in Mercado's car. The boyfriend has two children with Mercado and was the father of the victim's baby.

The argument culminated with Mercado hitting the pregnant woman with her car. The baby was born alive by Caesarian section, but died of head trauma.

The Associated Press


