A passenger “exited” a moving Uber on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Sunday and was struck and killed by an allegedly intoxicated driver, according to police and law-enforcement sources.
The crash occurred shortly before 2:30 a.m. on the westbound expressway near Exit 28 in DUMBO, the NYPD said.
Chasna Thelemaque, 37, of Prospect Park South, Brooklyn, was riding in the back of a Toyota RAV4 that sources identified as an Uber when she “exited” through the rear door of the moving vehicle. She landed in the right lane of the 50-mph highway, police said.
Authorities were still trying to determine whether Thelemaque fell from the vehicle or jumped out.
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She was then struck and killed by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, who police said was intoxicated at the time.
Mendez, a resident of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, was charged with vehicular assault, vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired, police said.
The 33-year-old man who was driving the vehicle transporting Thelemaque stayed at the scene, according to the NYPD.
The Toyota RAV4 and the Hyundai Elantra did not collide, police said.
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