Meiers Corners man indicted on manslaughter charge in fatal Gowanus crash
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
A fatal crash on the Gowanus Expressway on March 10 claimed the life of Karen Diaz, 30, of Greenridge. (Courtesy of Hillel Lichtenstein)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A Meiers Corners man was indicted on charges that include manslaughter in connection to the fatal Gowanus Expressway crash that killed a 30-year-old Greenridge woman in March, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced Tuesday.
Mark Dookhan, 31, a resident of the 300 block on Melba Street, was arraigned Monday and faces charges of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree assault, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, among others.
‘Always full of life,’ friend mourns 30-year-old woman killed in Gowanus crash
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 13, 2021
Karen Diaz, 30, of Greenridge, died on March 10, 2021 after a car crash on the Gowanus Parkway. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A friend of the 30-year-old woman who tragically lost her life in a car crash on the Gowanus Expressway this week described her as “always full of life” and “such a beautiful soul.”
Emergency medical crews responded at about 11:20 p.m. to 911 calls reporting a crash in the Staten-Island bound lanes of the Gowanus Expressway near the 92nd Street exit, according to a statement by the NYPD.