KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Warrants have been issued for both drivers in a tragic crash at a north side Kalamazoo intersection that resulted in the death of a one year old girl this summer.
Public Safety says Shaniqua Defrance of Portage ran a red blinking stop light at North and Rose Streets on an early morning in late July and slammed into a mini-van driven by Minion Clopton, who had her three young children on board.
1-year-old Desani Colbert and her 2-year-old sister were ejected from the van and the younger child killed.
Defrance is charged with operating without a valid license causing death, a 15-year felony.
She also faces three other less serious counts.
Clopton is charged with child abuse for not having her girls properly strapped into car seats as she was taking them to her mother’s house for daycare before she went to work.
