NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer has been arrested in an off-duty drunken driving accident in Queens that killed a 22-year-old woman.
Police say 22-year-old Vanessa Raghubar, of Elmont, was driving on the Van Wyck Expressway in South Ozone Park early Sunday morning when she was rear-ended by a car driven by off-duty Police Officer Neville Smith.
Police say Raghubar was hospitalized in critical condition and died on Monday. Two other passengers suffered serious injuries.
The 32-year-old Smith was arrested on charges of vehicular assault, DWI and refusal to take a breath test. Information on his lawyer wasn’t immediately available.
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