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The scene of the accident on the West Shore Expressway
The scene of the accident on the West Shore Expressway.Mark Mellone
The scene of the accident on the West Shore Expressway
Mark Mellone
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An ambulance on the West Shore Expressway
Mark Mellone
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An allegedly wasted driver’s passenger died Sunday after he crashed into two other cars while going the wrong-way on a Staten Island expressway, police said.

Aureliano Garcia-Juarez, 47, was going north on the southbound lane of the West Shore Expressway around 5:30 a.m, when he rammed into a Toyota and then a Ford, the NYPD said.

His female passenger was pronounced dead at the hospital, cops said.

Her name wasn’t immediately released and their relationship was unclear.

A 63-year-old man inside the Toyota minivan was taken to Staten Island Medical Center in stable condition. The 46-year-old driver of the Ford pickup truck refused medical attention.

Garcia-Juarez was hit with a slew of charges, including vehicular manslaughter, two counts of assault with serious injury, reckless endangerment and DWI.

The resident of North Brunswick Township, New Jersey was at Richmond University Medical Center in serious, but stable condition.

Photos showed major front-end damage on two cars that the allegedly blitzed motorist apparently slammed into.

Additional reporting by Tamar Lapin

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