Charges: Woman was driving nearly 100 mph before fatal crash in Bloomington

A Bloomington woman has been charged with driving nearly 100 mph before causing a fatal crash earlier this year.

Lydia Cleto Akotkuel, 36, is facing one count of criminal vehicular homicide.

According to a criminal complaint, Bloomington police responded to a crash at 90th and Portland on Sept. 6.

Officers found a smashed 3-wheel motorcycle and its driver, who was declared dead at the scene, court documents note.

Police found the other driver, identified as Akotkuel, in a parking lot a few blocks away. Court records state that Akotkuel’s car crashed after hitting the victim’s motorcycle.

Akotkuel told authorities that she “believed she had a seizure, couldn’t move her hands, and lost control of the vehicle.”

A witness said that Akotkuel passed her going around 100 mph, adding that Akotkuel cut in front of her and behind the motorcycle before rear-ending it, according ...