Homicide charge is levied in Brighton crash

Cathy Bergin-August, 47, was also arraigned on a charge of leaving the scene of personal injury resulting in death. The Watertown resident was released on $11,000 bail, $1,000 of which was transferred from bail she posted last week, before Fredy E. Zepeda’s death.

Zepeda, 36, had been loading his 1-year-old son into his car on Cambridge Street when he was hit Wednesday morning.

On Thursday, his family asked doctors to stop the delivery of medication that was keeping him alive with little sign of brain activity, said Michael Keohane, the family’s lawyer.

Zepeda’s wife, Milvia, and their son, Randi, appeared with relatives in Brighton Municipal Court yesterday, but declined to comment.

“They’re spent,’’ said Keohane, who said the family is focused on sending Fredy Zepeda’s body back to Guatemala, where he was from, and taking care of Randi.

Bergin-August’s lawyer, J.W. Carney Jr., said she had spent the weekend thinking about Zepeda’s family.

“My client is devastated by this tragedy,’’ he said.

Police said that after Zepeda was hit, Bergin-August kept driving for nearly two blocks while another motorist followed her, honking the horn.

During her arraignment last week, Carney said Bergin-August was looking for a safe place to pull over.

According to the police report from Wednesday’s accident, Bergin-August had two bottles of Clonazepam, a medication she takes for Tourette syndrome, in her car.

Bergin-August had previously been found responsible for five car crashes since 2004, according to driving records released by the Registry of Motor Vehicles under the state’s public records law.

She is due back in court on Sept. 17.