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QUEENS—-(77WABC)
A man is facing manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges following a crash that killed a mother and her young daughter in Queens Saturday.
Tyrone Absolam, 42, also faces vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault charges.
Police said Absolum was driving at a high rate of speed westbound on Rockaway Boulevard around 8:45 p.m. when the 2018 Nissan Altima he was driving collided with a 2020 Chevy Cruze that was making a left turn off of the eastbound lanes of Rockaway Boulevard and onto northbound Guy R Brewer Boulevard.
Diana Granobles, 31, and her 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, were inside that other vehicle.
They were taken to Jamaica Hospital where they were both pronounced dead.
Absolam was also taken to Jamaica Hospital, along with a 38-year-old female passenger.
He was reported in serious condition while her condition was critical.
The investigation is ongoing by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad.
A woman and her 10-year-old daughter died after their car was struck Saturday night in Queens by a drunken driver, according to the NYPD.https://t.co/ehSjUWc3vP
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) July 25, 2021
