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A Brooklyn man was arraigned Monday, June
14, and charged with manslaughter in the fatal
crash that took the life of a Lyft driver in Maspeth
early Sunday morning, June 13.
Erik Chimborazo, 22, was allegedly drunk
while running a red light and smashing into a car
driven by Hossain Mohammed, 47, according to
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Chimborazo, of Suydam Street, was arraigned
before Queens Criminal Court Judge Karen Gopee
on a complaint charging him with manslaughter
in the second degree, assault in the second degree,
vehicular homicide in the second degree,
criminally negligent homicide, operating a motor
vehicle while under the infl uence of alcohol or
drugs and various other charges.
According to Katz, Chimborazo was driving
a Black Ford Sport SUV at a high rate of speed
eastbound on Eliot Avenue between 3:45 and 4:15
a.m. He allegedly ran a steady red light and collided
into a Toyota Rav4 driven by Mohammed,
who was traveling south on Fresh Pond Road and
had the green light. The victim was transported
to Elmhurst Hospital where he was later pronounced
dead as a result of his injuries.
According to the charges, Chimborazo was
also taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where a portable
breath test was administered which indicated that
the defendants’ blood alcohol contact was .16, which
is above the legal limit of .08 in New York City.
A search of the motor vehicles database indicated
that Chimborazo does not possess a New
York state driver’s license and that the plate
number on the Ford SUV does not have a valid
registration.
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