Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Crushed To Death In Fatal NYC Crash, Driver Charged: NYPD
Nadjari Reid was found lying in the roadway, unresponsive, with severe trauma to the leg, police said.
NEW YORK CITY — A pedestrian was killed after a speeding driver crashed into him on a Manhattan street Monday.
The driver —Angel Melendez, 51— has been charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment, police announced.
Melendez is accused of speeding in a Mercedes SUV running a red light and as he crossed East 105 Street he proceeded to crash into a concrete island and a parked motorcycle, Patch previously reported.
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Melendez also hit a parked Chevy Tahoe that struck Nadjari Reid, 51, police said.
Reid was found lying in the roadway, unresponsive, with severe trauma to the leg, police said.
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He was transported to Cornell Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
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