Mon. Dec 23rd, 2024
alert-–-two-die-including-teen,-15,-when-driver,-23,-doing-doughnuts-in-white-chrysler-300-in-front-of-bronx-car-stunt-crowd-lost-control-and-slammed-into-parked-truckAlert – Two die including teen, 15, when driver, 23, doing doughnuts in white Chrysler 300 in front of Bronx car stunt crowd lost control and slammed into parked truck

A driver doing doughnuts in front of a crowd at a car meet up crashed into a parked truck, killing two of his passengers, including a teenage girl, and left another critically injured. 

The 23-year-old driver of a white Chrysler 300 crashed into a red fuel truck parked near Bryant and Viele Avenues in Hunts Point, in the Bronx, New York City, at around 3:20am on Sunday morning, police said. 

The victims, identified as 21-year-old Gilvante ‘Gio’ Roberson, sat in the front passenger seat and 15-year-old Sabrina Villagomez, who was in the back, were rushed to Lincoln Hospital, but neither could be saved. 

A 17-year-old girl was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in a critical condition, while the driver was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he is in a stable condition. 

A local man who was an employee of the truck that the driver crashed into told local media: ‘They were having a takeover car meet where they take over the block and lock the block up and do doughnuts and stuff.

Police officers seen investigating the crashed car as its parts scattered around following the vehicle crash

Police officers seen investigating the crashed car as its parts scattered around following the vehicle crash

Police vehicles block the road and officers investigate as car parts are scattered following the vehicle crash

Police vehicles block the road and officers investigate as car parts are scattered following the vehicle crash

Sabrina Villagomez (pictured) was killed in the crash, after she sat in the back of the car

Sabrina Villagomez (pictured) was killed in the crash, after she sat in the back of the car

‘The guy was going about 100 mph, it was very fast. Hit a bump. The car skid right into the truck.

‘He hit a bump, lost control of the car and skid into that oil truck. It’s a tragic accident.’ 

Sabrina’s father, Jorge, told New York Daily news that he was asleep when news of his daughter’s passing reached him. 

He told the outlet that Sabrina, who lived with her mother in Nanuet, Rockland County in New York state, had become very unhappy in recent months. 

‘Three weeks ago, I take my daughter on vacation with me to Florida,’ Villagomez said. 

Police are still investigating, and are yet to decide whether to charge the driver

Police are still investigating, and are yet to decide whether to charge the driver

A 17-year-old girl was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in a critical condition, while the driver was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he is in a stable condition

A 17-year-old girl was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in a critical condition, while the driver was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he is in a stable condition

‘I saw in the face she is not happy. She is no good. I ask her many times, ‘What’s wrong?’ She said, ‘Dad, I’m OK’.

‘She was fine last week. My little girl, she is no more. It’s very hard.’

Gio, meanwhile, spent hours before the crash sharing clips of the car meet, posting videos of stunts to his Instagram page. 

In one post, cars were seen taking over a street in Queens and burning rubber in front of a cheering crowd.  

The last post made to his Instagram account was right around the time of the crash.

The New York Police Department is still investigating the incident, and is yet to determine whether to charge the driver. 

Roughly 100 people gathered at the site of the crash to pay their respects for the two people who lost their lives.

A family friend of Gio said his family is still wrapping their heads around the deadly crash.  

‘They’re trying to figure out what was going on,’ said the friend, who asked not to be named. ‘The family is a little struck.

‘I thought I was dreaming,’ she added of the crash. ‘I didn’t think it was real.’

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