Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here « Off-duty Cop Arrested After Allegedly DWI during Crash that Killed a Woman in Brooklyn
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- According to Police sources, an off-duty cop who was supposedly driving drunk hit and killed a woman in Brooklyn on Sunday morning.
The sources said that police officer Andrew Kelly was driving a blue Jeep that slammed into the woman, who was trying to catch a cab at the corner of Ave. N and E. 56th St. in Marine Park around midnight.
The victim, Veronica Valnore, 33, was run over by the jeep, just after she left a wedding . As a result, she suffered massive injuries and died after a short time.
An eyewitness, who was her friend said that the Jeep roared down the street and made no effort to slow down before it slammed in Valnore.
According to her friend, Lafontant, the car hit her and she fell away from the car after which it came to a stop. The driver hit the brakes only after he hit her, he didn’t slam on the brakes before and there was no screeching tire sound or anything as claimed by the witness.
Kelly was arrested a shortly after the crash as told by the police sources. He was later led from Park Slope ’s 78th Precinct in handcuffs but charges against him were not immediately announced.
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