Harlem River Drive backup due to DWI crash photo by Derricke Dennis 1010 WINS

From New York Daily News:

New York, N. Y. — 05/25/2015 — One woman was killed and another person was injured after the drunken driver of the car they were traveling in slammed into a tree in Harlem early Sunday, police said.

Shanelle Emanuel, 24, was driving north on the Harlem River Drive when she struck the tree near the Willis Ave. Bridge exit, police sources said.

Passenger Kiara Jenkins, 24, was rushed to Harlem Hospital in cardiac arrest but she could not be saved, the sources said.

One other person was in the car, but their identity and condition was not immediately released….MORE

Car burst into flames after hitting tree

NEW YORK (CBS New York) — A fiery single-car crash Sunday morning on the northbound Harlem River Drive left one woman dead and another woman charged with DWI.

Around 5:40 a.m., while trying to take the exit for the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, the driver of a maroon Dodge Sedan lost control and hit a tree in the median, police said. The car then burst into flames, 1010 WINS’ Derricke Dennis reported ….MORE

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