
An Iowa woman told investigators she ran down a 14-year old girl with her car because she thought the teen "was a Mexican," according to the Clive Police Department.
Nicole Poole Franklin, 42, of Des Moines, has been charged with attempted murder in the Dec. 9 incident, police said in a news release Friday.
Investigators say the girl was on the sidewalk walking to an activity at Indian Hills Junior High School when Franklin spotted her and drove off the roadway to run her over, according to KTLA sister station WHO-TV in Des Moines.
The 14-year-old suffered several injuries. Franklin allegedly left the scene without stopping to help the victim.
Clive police say Franklin then went to a West Des Moines gas station and started yelling racist comments at a cashier. She was arrested there and has been in the Polk County Jail since.
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Iowa Woman Says She Intentionally Hit 14-Year-Old With Car Because Girl ‘Was a Mexican’: Police
An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running over a 14-year-old girl, saying she did so because the teenager “was a Mexican,” police said. Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, …

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