POSSIBLY DRUNK DRIVER HITS TREE AND KILLS PASSENGER IN BRONX CAR ACCIDENT

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Bronx injury attorney)

On Thursday March11, 2010, at around 9:30 PM, school safety officer Mariely Gonzalez, age 25, was driving her 1999 Toyota Camry in the Bronx, New York, when she lost control and crashed into a tree.

Veronica Cintron, age 20, a front seat passenger, died at the accident scene.

An unnamed back seat passenger fractured his spinal cord in the accident. He was taken to the hospital. It is not yet known if he will be paralyzed.

Gonzalez broke her back and a leg.

Coincidentally, Cintron had previously sued Gonzalez for personal injury suffered in a May 2009 automobile crash accident, in which Gonzalez's vehicle had rear-ended another car.

Gonzalez is charged with faces charges of "aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, reckless driving, and refusal to take a breathalyzer test."