A woman riding in an Uber was killed early Sunday after she exited the moving vehicle on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and was struck by an allegedly intoxicated driver, police and law-enforcement sources said.
The crash happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. on the westbound BQE near Exit 28 in DUMBO, according to the NYPD.
Chasna Thelemaque, 37, of Prospect Park South, Brooklyn, was sitting in the rear of a Toyota RAV4, which sources identified as an Uber, when she “exited” through the back door. She landed in the right lane of the highway, where the speed limit is 50 mph, police said.
Investigators had not determined whether Thelemaque fell from the vehicle or deliberately fled it.
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She was subsequently hit by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, who police said was intoxicated at the time.
Mendez, a resident of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, faces charges including vehicular assault, vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired, authorities said.
The 33-year-old man who was driving the vehicle carrying Thelemaque stayed at the scene, according to the NYPD.
Police said the Toyota RAV4 and the Hyundai Elantra did not crash into each other.