Man Killed, Woman Critical In Uptown Car Crash, Police Say

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — One person died and another was critically injured early Tuesday mornign in a Washington Heights car crash, an NYPD spokesman said.

First responders rushed to St. Nicholas Avenue and West 190th Street around 1 a.m. after receiving a call of a collision at the location, police said. A 25-year-old woman and 28-year-old male were evacuated from a crashed Honda Civic and taken to area hospitals, an NYPD spokesman said.

The woman, who was driving the Civic, was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition, police said. The man, who was sitting in the front seat, was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia and pronounced dead, police said.

Police identified the man as Bronx resident Eduardo Liranzo.

Investigators beleive the woman was driving north on St. Nicholas Avenue when she struck two parked cars near West 172nd Street, an NYPD spokesman said. After the intial collision, the woman fled the scene, continued north on St. Nicholas Avenue and crashed into an MTA construction truck near West 190th Street, police said.

A 43-year-old man inside the construction truck was treated at Harlem Hospital in stable condition.

The NYPD investigation into the crash is ongoing, a department spokesman said.