Apple worker, 38, accused of killing girl, 2, in 100 mph horror crash outside tech giant’s HQ

An Apple employee was charged with the murder of a 2-year-old girl in the Bay Area after he allegedly crashed into a vehicle she was riding in at nearly 100 mph just outside the tech titan’s headquarters.

Eric Chen Su, 38, appeared before a Palo Alto judge in a wheelchair on Tuesday and faces a felony count of murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker said he believed murder was “unquestionably” the appropriate charge because the speedometer in Su’s vehicle “appeared to have been frozen at 100 at the time of the collision.”

“Unquestionably, murder was the appropriate charge,” Baker said. “The speedometer in his vehicle appeared to have been frozen at 100 at the time of the collision.”

The young victim, identified as 2-year-old Riley Howard, has a memorial at the crash site in Cupertino.

Su allegedly was driving nearly 100 mph in his Toyota Camry when he rear-ended a vehicle stopped on Tantau Avenue last Friday. The collision mangled the vehicle, set it on fire, and critically injured Riley and her babysitter. Kind bystanders pulled the pair to safety.

Both were taken to a hospital, where Riley was later pronounced deceased.

Prosecutors said Su was going four times the posted speed limit.

Su has not entered a plea. His next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 30.

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