A mother was held to answer to manslaughter charges Wednesday after her 6-year-old daughter died from falling out of a car and landing on the 5 Freeway near the Newhall Pass earlier this year. Veronda R Jones Gladney, 28, from Lancaster, the young girl’s mother, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor including manslaughter, and was held to answer ...

A mother pled not guilty to manslaughter Wednesday after a 7-year-old girl died from falling out of a car and landing on the 5 Freeway near the Newhall Pass last weekend. Veronda Gladney, 28, from Lancaster, the young girl’s mother, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor, and Michael Branch, 39, from Hawthorne, was charged with a single misdemeanor, ...

A mother was arrested after her child allegedly fell out of a moving vehicle Saturday, and was fatally struck by several vehicles, CHP officials said in an update Wednesday The 7-year-old victim is believed to have fallen out of a 1999 Lincoln Navigator on the northbound 5 Freeway near Weldon Canyon Road, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the CHP ...