Driver Charged After Bronx Passenger Dies in Castle Hill Crash
The city record places the crash at 12:49 a.m. at Castle Hill and Randall avenues, where police said Dimas Cuadrado, driving a 2011 Lincoln northbound, hit a westbound Infiniti; passenger Dorilys Ramos, 27, died, and Cuadrado was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
What We Know
Police said Dimas Cuadrado, 43, was driving north on Castle Hill Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. when he hit a westbound Infiniti on Randall Avenue. Dorilys Ramos, 27, was riding in the Infiniti and died; the Daily News reported she was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center, while News 12 reported she was pronounced dead at the scene. City crash data lists one person killed and two motorists injured, and press accounts reported additional people taken to Jacobi. The city record lists traffic control disregarded and alcohol involvement for the Lincoln driver, and the Daily News reported Cuadrado was charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and DWI-related counts.
A late-night collision at Castle Hill and Randall
Police said Dimas Cuadrado, 43, was driving a 2011 Lincoln north on Castle Hill Avenue at about 12:50 a.m. when he hit a 2017 Infiniti traveling west on Randall Avenue. The city crash record gives the time as 12:49 a.m. and lists the same intersection.
The Daily News reported that the collision pushed the Infiniti northwest into a parked, unoccupied 2018 Honda Pilot. The official vehicle entries also include parked Honda, Hyundai and Acura vehicles recorded with damage.
The crash happened at a Castle Hill intersection near Ramos's home
The crash happened at Castle Hill Avenue and Randall Avenue in the Bronx's 10473 ZIP code, according to city data and press reports. The Daily News reported that Ramos lived nearby in Clason Point.
Dorilys Ramos was the passenger who died
Ramos, 27, was riding in the front passenger seat of the Infiniti, according to the city record and reports that identified her by name.
Sources differ on where Ramos was pronounced dead. The Daily News reported that medics took her and the Infiniti driver to Jacobi Medical Center and that she was pronounced dead at the hospital; News 12, citing police, reported that she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Press and city records differ on the injury count. News 12 reported that four others were injured and transported to Jacobi, while the city record lists two injured motorists; the Daily News reported that the Infiniti driver, Cuadrado and a 37-year-old passenger in the Lincoln were taken to Jacobi, and that a 41-year-old passenger in the Lincoln was not injured.
Police charged Cuadrado after the crash
The city record lists traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor and lists alcohol involvement for the Lincoln driver. The Daily News reported that police arrested Cuadrado and charged him with criminally negligent homicide, vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired; his arraignment was pending in Bronx Criminal Court.