Jennie Zhu pleads not guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Sept. 17th crash that killed 16 year old Kevin San, and injured his mother and sister

A 58-year old woman pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy in September.

Jennie Zhu, a San Francisco resident, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the manslaughter charge and two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury after hitting a car on Pine and Gough streets on the morning of Sept. 27.

Zhu allegedly went through multiple stoplights before rear-ending a minivan. 16-year-old Kevin San, a Lincoln High School student, was killed and his mother and sister were injured in the crash.

Zhu was arrested on the charges last Friday night but has since posted $300,200 bail.

In court Thursday afternoon, Assistant District Attorney Ana Gonzalez did not request an increase to the bail amount, allowing Zhu to remain out of custody.

District attorney’s office spokesman Alex Bastian said outside of court that if convicted of the three charges, Zhu faces a maximum of more than seven years in prison.

Kevin’s mother, who was driving the minivan, was seriously injured in the crash and was only recently released from the hospital. She is still undergoing daily care for physical and memory issues.

Kevin’s sister, who is almost done with high school, was not as seriously injured as her mother, but is still affected by “residual symptoms” such as aches and pains and is attempting to cope emotionally.