A text message written by Rebecca Grossman, who is on trial for the murder of two boys killed in a car crash, reveals how the Hidden Hills socialite briefly turned her head while driving, distracted by a woman wearing inline skates. Prosecutors this week used Grossman's own words to describe the Sept. 29, 2020, collision that killed 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob.
Ryan Gould played a tape of Grossman telling an operator: 'I was driving down the road, all of a sudden, my bag exploded.' A 911 operator on the line with the Mercedes representative asked, 'Did they hit a person? They said the two kids were hit on Rollerblades?' Grossman replied, 'No.' When Deputy Michael Kelley conducted a field sobriety test at the scene, Grossman repeatedly asked about the children, saying her husband — Dr.