Driver Charged In Queens Crash That Killed Woman, Critically Injured 9-Year-Old Girl
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A driver was arrested and charged Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead and her 9-year-old daughter critically injured in Queens this past weekend.
Jairam Budhu, 58, of Queens, was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault, leaving the scene of an accident causing death and injury, and aggravated unlicensed driving, police said.
Zaalika Rasool, 41, was killed when the red Toyota sedan she was in with her husband, daughter and another passenger, was struck by a drive in a black BMW sports utility vehicle on 115th Avenue and 130th Street in the Ozone Park section of Queens on Sunday night.
Rasool was a wife and mother to three children.
Police say the force of the impact ejected Rasool and her 9-year-old daughter, Sarah, from the car and into the street, CBS2's Scott Rappoport reported.
Rasool was pronounced dead at the scene.
The car hit three other parked vehicles before the driver got out and fled the scene on foot, according to reports Monday.
Two other passengers in Rasool's car and a passenger in the suspect's vehicle were taken to the hospital with were described as non-life-threatening injuries.
