China News Service, October 12th. According to a comprehensive report by the US Chinese website, in the early morning of Monday (11th), when the police in New York was dealing with a rear-end collision, a drunk-driving driver drove at high speed and crashed into the rear of the police car, causing him to stand aside. The Chinese driver died on the spot.
Police said that at 1:14 am on Monday (11th), Mr. Xie, the 35-year-old driver, was rear-facing a car on the westbound lane of Erskine Boulevard in Brooklyn.
Mr. Xie got out of his car to check.
The police who arrived later parked the police car in the left lane and turned on the double flashing warning.
At this time, a car approached at a distinctly high speed, hit the rear of the police car, and knocked down Mr. Xie who was standing aside.
The police said that due to the collision, Mr. Xie was thrown into the eastbound lane and was pronounced dead on the spot.
The 35-year-old Audrey Edmond, the driver who drove into the police car, stayed at the scene to cooperate with the investigation and was detained on suspicion of drunk driving.
Edmund will face charges of manslaughter, manslaughter in a car accident, drunk driving, speeding, and impaired driving.
The owner of the other car in the rear-end collision was not injured.