A 16-year-old boy is facing manslaughter and other charges in connection with a crash that killed two other teenagers in Washington Heights earlier this month, the NYPD said Wednesday.
The boy was arrested on charges including manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, criminal possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment on Tuesday, a little over a week after the fatal July 3 crash, police said.
What You Need To Know
- A 16-year-old boy is facing manslaughter and other charges in connection with a crash that killed two other teenagers in Washington Heights earlier this month, the NYPD said Wednesday
- The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on July 3, when a Hyundai driven by the teen collided with a Jeep at the intersection of West 179th Street and Audubon Avenue, police said
- Two of the Hyundai passengers, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, were pronounced dead after the crash, according to police
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m., when a Hyundai driven by the teen collided with a Jeep at the intersection of West 179th Street and Audubon Avenue, according to police.
The force of the impact sent the Hyundai into another Jeep parked nearby, police said. After the Hyundai hit the unoccupied Jeep, it rolled over, the NYPD said.
Emergency responders took the 16-year-old driver and his four teenage passengers to nearby hospitals after the crash, police said. The driver was listed in critical and later stable condition, according to police.
Two of the teenage passengers, identified by police as Bronx residents Daniel Duran, 15, and Daniel Rodriguez, 17, were pronounced dead at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the NYPD said. Police initially said one of the boys was 16 years old.
Two other passengers, both 15 years old, were listed in critical condition after the crash, police said. The 53-year-old man who was driving the Jeep was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem with minor injuries, police said.
The NYPD said the Hyundai was reported stolen in June, but did not say who the vehicle belonged to or how the teen gained possession of it.