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Two killed in NYC after speeding, stolen car ‘full of drugs and booze’ plows into sidewalk: cops

https://nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-news/two-killed-by-stolen-car-full-of-drugs-and-booze-in-grisly-nyc-car-crash-cops/

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Joe Marino, 

 

Marie Pohl, 

 

Tina Moore and 

 

Georgia Worrell

The driver of an allegedly stolen car sped across the Manhattan Bridge and lost control, striking and killing two people before careening into an NYPD van Saturday morning, police said.

The grisly scene unfolded just before 7:30 a.m., when a blue Chevrolet Malibu plowed into a man in his 30s on a bicycle and a 63-year-old woman on a bench at Bowery and Canal Street, police said. 

Both victims died at the scene while the driver — who had turned 23 Friday — and her female passenger, 22, tried to flee on foot and were taken into custody nearby, cops said. 

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The blue Chevrolet Malibu flew off the Manhattan Bridge, and fatally plowed into the elderly woman and a man on a bicycle, cops said. William Farrington

The vehicle was “full of booze and drugs,” including pills, marijuana and a bottle of alcohol, police sources said. Published July 19, 2025, 12:33 p.m. ET

The female victim was May Kwok, her brother Peter Kwok told The Post.

“This is not a car accident,” Kwok, 72, raged. 

“They committed a crime, and they tried to get away from the police because they’re reckless.”

“I want to see justice for my sister,” said Kwok, who lived with May in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

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The driver, who turned 23 on Friday, was pictured getting carried by three NYPD officers into the 5th Precinct. William Farrington

“She was a free spirit person.”

The Chevy, which had Wisconsin license plates, also struck a parked, empty NYPD van nearby, totaling it.

The passenger had rented the car last month but hadn’t returned it when it was due on June 29, 17 days ago, sources added.

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Both women’s clothing appeared to be splattered with blood. William Farrington

The blood-splattered driver was carried by three NYPD officers into the 5th Precinct, her body and head hung limp, pictures showed.

Her pal was escorted into the precinct in handcuffs, with blood on her grey leggings.

Both women were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they’re being tested for drugs after police obtained a warrant, police sources said. 

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The driver also slammed into an empty NYPD van parked on the street, totaling it. William Farrington

They have not been charged with any crimes. 

The Enterprise in Staten Island where the Chevy was rented had tried to call the passenger, but she didn’t respond, the sources said. 

The company also notified police to be on alert for the vehicle.

The victims have not been publicly identified and the incident is under investigation, cops said.

Kwok had heard about the incident on the morning news but had no idea his sister, who frequently hung out and went to church in Chinatown, was dead until another sister called to tell him.

“As a matter of fact, they showed a shot of it, like where the building is right on the intersection, on the side of the bridge exit and I know Chinatown well myself, but I just didn’t think of any of it,” he said.

“I’m numb,” Kwok said. 

“Speechless.”