NEW YORK — A Jewish wig maker who killed a Jewish mother and her two daughters in New York City earlier this year was sentenced to 3-9 years in prison, the Brooklyn district attorney said on Wednesday.

Miriam Yarimi, 33, who was driving with a suspended license, ran over the family in the Midwood neighborhood of south Brooklyn on a Shabbat afternoon in March.

The deaths were a major tragedy for the Jewish community.

The fatalities were Natasha Saada, 34, and her daughters, Diana and Deborah. Saada’s son was severely injured with skull fractures and brain bleeding, and needed to have one of his kidneys removed.

“This defendant is a reckless driver who cared about only herself when she raced in the streets of Brooklyn and wiped away nearly an entire family,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “She should not have been driving a car that day but, instead, she chose to callously ignore all traffic and safety laws when she caused this unspeakable carnage.”

Yarimi pleaded guilty to three counts of reckless manslaughter last month.

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office had recommended the maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison, Gonzalez said.

“While today’s sentence is shorter than the maximum we recommended, it sends a clear message that reckless........

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