Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok

In Brief Posted: 1:52 PM PST · December 28, 2025 Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty Images Anthony Ha Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was livestreaming on TikTok. The New York Times reports that Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, who posts to TikTok under the name Tea Tyme, has been charged by the Zion Police Department with two felonies —  reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death. In a video that has been reshared by other accounts on TikTok, woman posting as Tea Tyme can reportedly be seen speaking into her phone when there’s a loud thud. An offscreen child asks,…

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