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CBS News
22-07-2025
- CBS News
Driver in deadly Chinatown crash arraigned on murder charges
The driver accused of hitting and killing a cyclist and pedestrian in Chinatown on over the weekend faced arraignment Tuesday. Autumn Donna Ascencio Romero, 23, faces a host of charges, including murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property, and leaving the scene. Romero was denied bail and will remain jailed. A grand jury will convene Thursday. Police say Romero was behind the wheel of a blue Chevrolet Malibu on Saturday at around 7:30 a.m. when it drove over the Manhattan Bridge at a high rate of speed and struck cyclist Kevin Scott Cruickshank, 55, and May Kwok, 63. Both were killed. The car also hit an empty NYPD van, and then flipped onto its passenger side before coming to rest back upright near Canal Street and Bowery, according to authorities. Prosecutors claim the passenger in the Malibu, Kennedy LeCraft, and Romero climbed out of the car, bloody. The two then allegedly tried to leave the scene, heading north on Broadway, but were arrested. Police say they recovered an open bottle of tequila in the passenger seat, and two 9mm pistols and ammo from the trunk of the car. Police say the Malibu was a rental that was supposed to be returned June 29, but wasn't. LeCraft, 22, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and unauthorized use of a stolen vehicle.
South China Morning Post
20-07-2025
- South China Morning Post
2 killed in New York City's Chinatown after out-of-control stolen car slams into pavement
Two people were killed when a stolen out-of-control rental car vaulted onto a bustling Chinatown pedestrian island in New York City on Saturday morning, police said. One of the victims' legs was severed during the blistering 7.30am crash at the corner of Bowery and Canal Street at the mouth of the Manhattan Bridge, police said. One victim, a 63-year-old woman, was sitting on a metal bench before the car careered into her, witnesses said. The metal bench was ripped from the ground as the Chevrolet Malibu slammed into it. The driver and passenger of the blue Malibu – two women in their early 20s – were taken into custody after they tried to leave the area on foot after the crash, police said. A witness pointed them out to arriving police officers as they made their escape. Officers caught them about a block away from the scene, officials said. The two women were taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries as they were being questioned. Witnesses told police that the Malibu had exited the Manhattan Bridge at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control and careered onto a triangle-shaped pedestrian island at the corner, where it struck a 63-year-old woman sitting on the bench and a man in his 30s riding a bicycle.
ABC News
18-05-2025
- General
- ABC News
'Mechanical issues' could be behind New York ship crash
A Mexican Navy training ship seen in front of the Manhattan Bridge, after it was damaged having run into into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on May 17, 2025. ( Reuters: Santiago Lyon )
