NYPD Vehicle
( Queens, NY/77WABC)-An Ozone Park car wash attendant, 43-year-old Edwin Vargas, faces numerous charges including vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated after allegedly fatally running over a 54-year-old female pedestrian at a car wash located at 135-18 Cross Bay Boulevard Monday. Police say Vargas was driving a 2011 Jeep Liberty and exiting the car wash bay when the woman was struck. Police say Vargas then hit a parked vehicle before the Jeep Liberty came to a stop.
Vargas was taken into custody at the scene by officers from the 106th Precinct. Charges against Vargas, of 84-24 102 nd St in Queens, include Vehicular Manslaughter, Vehicular Assault, DWI, and DWAI.
The injured woman was transported by EMS to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
