KEARNS — A Kearns woman has pleaded guilty to murder in the death of a 5-year-old girl in a crash she caused while driving under the influence.

On Jan. 14, 2024, Charmayne Huerta Guzman, 26, was driving an estimated 77 mph in a 35 mph zone in her Kia Sorento near 4800 West and 5200 South on a wet road when she “was observed passing another vehicle on a blind corner, and in a no-passing zone,” according to charging documents.

Guzman, who had a “‘donut’ spare tire” on the front passenger side of her car, “failed to maintain control of her vehicle and entered the northbound lane,” where she struck a Volkswagen Jetta “in a 60% overlap head-on collision,” the charges state.

A father, his 5-year-old daughter and his 7-year-old son who were in the Volkswagen were all taken to a hospital. The g

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