An out-of-control drunk driver was charged with manslaughter Tuesday after crashing his car and striking a car, killing two people in Queens, police said.
Tamir Khan, 22, was driving a 2013 Audi A4 northbound on 117th Street in South Ozone Park Monday around 4:25 a.m. when he smashed into a Toyota Camry traveling westbound on 111th Avenue.
The Camry was sent flying into a wooden pole.
The driver of the Camry, John Inderdeo, 64, was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he died.
The front seat passenger, 71-year-old Charles Harris, succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning, cops said.
After the fatal crash, Khan continued driving and struck two empty parked cars, according to authorities.
When cops collared him, his blood alcohol concentration was .08 or more, police said.
Khan was hit with a slew of charges including manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated.
64-year-old John Inderdeo (pictured) was killed after Tamir Khan, 22, struck Inderdeo’s Toyota Camry in Ozone Park, Queens, sending it flying into a pole. 71-year-old Charles Harris was also killed. Facebook
Khan was hit with a slew of charges including manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated. WABC
The driver of the Camry, John Inderdeo was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he died. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Police said the front seat passenger, 71-year-old Charles Harris, succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning. G.N.Miller/NYPost
After the fatal crash, Khan continued driving and struck two empty parked cars and when cops collared him, his blood alcohol concentration was .08 or more, police said. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Queens Criminal Court, Judge Scott Dunn set Khan’s bail at $75,000. G.N.Miller/NYPost
A friend of John Inderdeo, Carolyn Dixon, urged drivers to “stop drinking and driving” while writing on Facebook that, “if you drink and drive and kill somebody, you are NO different from a shooter who kills someone,” G.N.Miller/NYPost
The deadly crash came hours after a driver in Manhattan mowed down pedestrians and fatally struck a 23-year-old man. G.N.Miller/NYPostAt his Tuesday arraignment in Queens Criminal Court, Judge Scott Dunn set his bail at $75,000.
A friend of Inderdeo’s, Carolyn Dixon, urged drivers to “stop drinking and driving.”
“To me, if you drink and drive and kill somebody, you are NO different from a shooter who kills someone,” she said on Facebook.
“You are a MURDERER in my book!!!”
The deadly crash came hours after a driver in Manhattan mowed down pedestrians and fatally struck a 23-year-old man.
