Enrique López, a 23-year-old young man, was formally charged as a suspect of having caused a brutal accident while driving while doing stunts at high speed, leaving two people dead the previous weekend in The Bronx (NYC).
The posted speed limit on the highway is only 25 mph, but according to authorities early Sunday the 21st around 3 a.m. López He was driving 70 mph when he crashed into a parked tanker truck. and unoccupied, causing the death of two of its passengers: fifteen-year-old Sabrina Villagómez and Gilvante “Gio” Roberson (21). In addition, the teenager Aaliyah Torres (17) was seriously injured and was placed in an induced coma.
Lopez was also hospitalized in stable condition. Rescuers at the scene said the impact was such that his Chrysler 300 car was destroyed and the tanker suffered serious damage to the front.
Police arrested Lopez on Thursday night, he said. NBC News. Before the crash near Bryant and Viele Avenue, the driver allegedly had been performing “stunts (…) in front of a large group of people and dangerously close to them,” prosecutors allege.
Surveillance video reportedly captured the dangerous driving before the car spun counterclockwise and slid toward the truck.
According to new details in charging documents, Torres has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering “sustained fractures to the cervical spine, femur, right arm and pelvis, as well as a brain hemorrhage, liver damage and other injuries related.”
López faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, criminal possession of stolen property and others. She appeared in court on Friday, where a judge ordered bail set at $150,000. All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance towards drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs..
Traffic accidents are a great challenge in New York and In many cases the drivers flee. This despite “Vision Zero” road safety plan created in 2014 by then-new Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists with a goal of zero deaths by 2024. According to the NYPD, cyclist deaths increased 260% in the first six months of 2023 and 325% since the implementation of the “Vision Zero” plan in 2014.
Last month Governor Hochul signed the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in prior suspensions or revocations as a felony.
2024-01-27 17:02:00
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