[QUOTE]LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol recommended Monday that actress-singer Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a freeway crash that killed a woman motorist last month, a city attorney's spokesman said.

The CHP referred the matter to the city attorney's office for review, said spokesman Nick Velasquez.

"The office is currently reviewing the case and determining whether the evidence warrants the filing of a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter," Velasquez said.

A message seeking comment from Brandy's publicist, Courtney Barnes, was not immediately returned.

Brandy, whose real name is Brandy Norwood, has publicly expressed condolences to the victim's family, Barnes said last week. Barnes also has said Brandy was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.

Brandy, 27, was driving a Land Rover on Interstate 405 on December 30 when traffic slowed and her vehicle struck the back of Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, according to a CHP report.

Aboudihaj's car hit another vehicle, slid sideways into the center divider and was then hig by another car, the report said. Aboudihaj died at a hospital from blunt-force injuries, according to the coroner's office.

Norwood has made five albums and earned a Grammy in 1999. She has acted for film and television, starring on the sitcom "Moesha" from 1996-2001 and most recently as a judge for NBC's "America's Got Talent."
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Now if no drugs or alcohol were in her system at the time I don't know how they could consider this vehicular manslaughter. Yes there was an accident, yes she was at fault, yeah somebody died but I don't see how they could nail her with charges when it just sounds like a very bad accident. Though I don't know why the story has to list Brandy's accomplishments in it, they have nothing to do with what is going on right now. Unless they are trying to show she is a celeb and has different rights than the rest of us.