A nanny from San Mateo arrested for drunk driving after hitting an 11-year-old boy at a Belmont elementary school in June plead not guilty to charges of felony drunk driving and child endangerment Tuesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Evgeniya Martynova
Evgeniya Martynova, 64, also posted an increased bail of $150,000 and appeared with retained defense attorney Nafiz Ahmed during her Tuesday court proceedings, according to prosecutors. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Martynova was already on probation for misdemeanor drunk driving in 2015 when she was arrested June 12 for the same act.
At approximately 3:06 p.m. on June 12, Belmont police received several 911 calls regarding a car that had struck a child at Cipriani Elementary School at 2525 Buena Vista Ave. Police and fire responded to the scene and found a Toyota Corolla had driven through the fence off Buena Vista Avenue and struck a student before coming to rest near the school building. The Belmont student was treated at the scene by Belmont Fire Department paramedics, and transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, police said previously.
At the time of her arrest, Martynova had been a nanny who had come to the school to pick up another student. An infant who was a passenger in the car was not hurt. Martynova was also uninjured and booked into the San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City, police said previously.
Martynova is now out of custody and will next appear in court Sept. 19 for preliminary hearing, according to prosecutors.
A call to Ahmed for comment was not immediately returned.
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