NYPD: 2 women charged in Chinatown crash that killed Brooklyn resident
The incident happened just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Bowery and Canal Street.
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Police say have arrested and charged two women for the crash in Chinatown that killed a resident from Brooklyn.
Autumn Ascencio Romero was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of manslaughter, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident and criminal possession of stolen property. Ascencio Romero was previously charged in an April hit-and-run out of Brooklyn.
Kennedy Lecraft, 22, of Queens, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
The incident happened on Saturday just before 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Bowery and Canal Street. The two women were traveling in a 2024 Chevy Malibu off the Manhattan Bridge. They drove onto the sidewalk island and collided with a 55-year-old bicyclist and a 63-year-old pedestrian, authorities say. The Chevy continued to drive onto Bowery and collided with a parked and unoccupied NYPD van.
The pedestrian, identified as May Kwok from Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The bicyclist was also pronounced dead at the scene and was identified as Kevin Scott Cruickshank, from Manhattan.
