A Montana mother has been charged with vehicular homicide in the hit-and-run death of a Native American woman, after it was revealed that the mother was high on meth — and had her two children, named “Aryan” and “Nation” in the backseat of a car — when she mowed down her unsuspecting victim in cold blood.
The New York Post is reporting that 28-year-old Sunny White was hit with five charges, including vehicular homicide while under the influence, after it was revealed that she had both meth and fentanyl in her system at the time of the deadly crash.
What’s more, White appears to have deliberately targeted her victim, 23-year-old Mika Westwolf, on account of the victim’s Native American heritage.
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Westwolf was walking along Highway 93 when she was struck by White’s Escalade and left for dead when White sped off.
When White was finally pulled over for her erratic driving, police found syringes and two unopened packages of Narcan in the backseat of her car.
However, White wasn’t immediately arrested for Westwolf’s murder, which happened back in March — prompting Westwolf’s family and friends to begin a social media campaign to bring White to justice.
According to White, however, she thought she’d hit a deer.
White also claimed that she wasn’t really under the influence of drugs when she struck and killed Westwolf — rather, she had turned around to give her youngest child, Nation, a bottle, when she accidentally struck and killed Westwolf.
That, however, doesn’t explain why White didn’t turn herself in when she realized that she’d killed Westwolf.
For the family of Mika Westwolf, a member of the Blackfeet nation of Native Americans, White’s arrest means that they are one step closer to justice.
“The fight to seek accountability, raise awareness, and protect the lives of Indigenous people and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives remains an ongoing battle,” they said in a statement.
