LOS ANGELES – Former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson was accused of reckless driving in connection with a run over in Southern California that killed two boys last year.
The Los Angeles district attorney’s office said Erickson, 52, was charged on Wednesday with a misdemeanor charge of misdemeanor.
Investigators told KABC-TV that he was competing with Rebecca Grossman on September 29, moments before she beat and killed Mark Iskander, 11, and his 8-year-old brother Jacob, as they crossed the street in Westlake Village , a suburb 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The boys were crossing the street in a crosswalk marked with their parents.
Prosecutors claimed that Grossman continued to drive, eventually stopping about 400 meters from the crash site.
Grossman, 57, pleaded not guilty to charges of homicide, manslaughter with gross negligence and driving over, resulting in death. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 34 years for life imprisonment.
Grossman, a philanthropist whose Grossman Burn Foundation supports burn survivors, is free on $ 2 million bail.
Erickson is scheduled to be sued on March 16. A call to a number listed for him was not answered.
Erickson played in the majors from 1991 to 2006, including the first six seasons of his career with the Minnesota Twins and seven seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.