GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) --
A
woman was killed when she was thrown from a vehicle in a one-car crash
on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge Thursday.The car crashed in the eastbound lanes just before 3:30 a.m.
According to the New York City Police Department, the driver lost control of the 2013 Infiniti sedan while on the bridge. The car slammed into a median that divides the inner and outer roadways, and then struck a support pillar.
An Eyewitness News viewer captured this video:
A 21-year-old woman, identified as Amanda Miner, 21, of Brooklyn, was sitting in the back seat when she was thrown onto the roadway and killed.
Charges were filed against the 26-year-old driver, Stefan Hoyte, an off-duty traffic enforcement agent. He was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while impaired, and was charged with driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Hoyte and a 24-year-old man who had been riding in the front seat were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.
It is unknown where they were going at the time of the crash.
The Brooklyn-bound outer roadway of the bridge was closed for the police investigation.
The investigation is ongoing.
Statistics show that most of the drunk/dragged-caused fatal accidents occur in the early a.m. hours. This is another fatal accident that proves the statistics correct.
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GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A woman was killed when she was thrown from a vehicle in a one-car crash on the Williamsburg Bridge Thursday, closing Brooklyn-bound lanes.
The car crashed in the eastbound lanes just before 3:30 a.m.
According to the New York City Police Department, the driver lost control of the 2013 Infiniti sedan while on the bridge. The car slammed into the median and split.
A 21-year-old woman sitting in the backseat was thrown onto the roadway and killed.
Charges are pending against the 26-year-old driver, an off-duty traffic enforcement agent.
The driver and another 21-year-old were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.
The driver was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while impaired.
The survivors live in Brooklyn, while the dead woman is a city resident. It is unknown where they were going at the time of the crash.
All Brooklyn-bound lanes of the bridge were closed for the police investigation.
Statistics show that most of the drunk/dragged-caused fatal accidents occur in the early a.m. hours. This is another fatal accident that proves the statistics correct.