A young woman whose
car was struck early Sunday, April 22, by a drunken off-duty NYPD detective has died from her injuries, police
said.
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| Vanessa Raghubar and the scene of the accident on Van Wyck Expressway. |
Vanessa
Raghubar, 22, of Elmont, LI, was pronounced dead Monday at Jamaica Hospital.
Detective
Neville Smith, 32, who works in the 48th Precinct in The Bronx, was driving a
Mercedes south on the Van Wyck Expressway when he rear-ended her Honda near
Rockaway Boulevard around 4 a.m., authorities said.
The
Honda struck a tree and light pole.
Raghubar
and her two passengers, a 21-year-old woman and 20-year-old man, were taken to
Jacobi Hospital, along with Smith, who suffered minor head and neck injuries.
Smith
was charged with driving while intoxicated, several counts of vehicular
assault, assault and refusal to take a breath test.
Source: nypost.com
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