The two victims were traveling with López inside a Chrysler vehicle when he allegedly lost control while performing stunts and crashed into a truck parked in the Hunts Point area.
In addition to the two people who died, a third 17-year-old victim is in serious condition in the hospital.
Lopez was charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
He also has charges of assault, criminal possession of stolen property and endangering the well-being of a minor, since two of the passengers were minors.
He was also charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.
The driver and the other injured woman remained hospitalized.
His funeral is scheduled to be today.
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Around 12:30 pm on Wednesday, a subway train on the F line derailed after leaving the Neptune Avenue station in Coney Island, Brooklyn. This is the second derailment to occur in the New York subway, in 2024.
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A day after the incident, and after service had resumed, the trains were operating slowly due to repair work on the tracks, where it is believed that the damage that caused the derailment could have been.
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A total of 34 people had to be rescued from the trains that, at that time, were in both directions on the tracks. Fortunately, none of the passengers were injured.
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“We were having lunch and we heard the noise: one of the cars derailed. It smoked and threw a piece of wood,” said Norman García, a witness to the derailment.
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Although it is believed that the incident occurred due to a problem or damage to the rails, the MTA doubts that it was due to lack of maintenance. “We did an inspection in November,” said Richard Davey, president of NYC Transit.
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On January 4, in the afternoon, two trains collided in Manhattan. The collision occurred between a New York subway line 1 train and another workers’ train. A Hispanic passenger told her testimony.
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At least 24 people were injured in that incident, but none were seriously injured. Lines 1, 2 and 3 were affected by the crash, but three days later the MTA confirmed that service had been restored.
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Users of the New York subway service expressed their dissatisfaction with what happened in the most recent derailment and blame the MTA, arguing that there must be better maintenance. “You can see that the system is not working,” they said.
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