Traffic & Transit
Mother Of 2 Killed By Drunk Driver In Brooklyn: Cops
Lakierdra Thomas was crossing the street near Graham Avenue and Broadway when the driver, charged with manslaughter, hit her, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A New Jersey man has been charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated after hitting and killing a woman crossing the street in Brooklyn on Friday, police said.
Lakierdra Thomas, 32, was crossing near Graham Avenue and Broadway just before 1 p.m. when she was hit by a Jeep Grand Cherokee, police said.
Thomas, who lived about a mile away from the crash, had been on her way to buy gifts for her two children after getting her nails done, family told the New York Daily News.
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She was pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital, police said.
The driver of the Grand Cherokee, 47-year-old Uri Hochberg, was arrested at the scene of the crash, police said. He was charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
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