Overview
- Mary Fong Lau was sentenced to two years of probation, six days in jail credited as time served, 200 hours of community service, and a three-year driver’s license suspension.
- Lau entered a no contest plea to four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, resulting in a conviction without a formal admission of guilt.
- Investigators concluded her SUV reached about 70 mph before mounting the curb at the West Portal bus stop, with no medical emergency or vehicle malfunction found.
- District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and the victims’ relatives condemned the outcome, pressing for at least home confinement and objecting to the no contest plea and potential future driving.
- Lau apologized in court to the family, her attorney said she does not intend to drive again, and separate civil lawsuits and restitution—expected to total tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars—remain pending.