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Brooklyn Woman Tumbles Out of Moving SUV, is Struck and Killed by Drunk Driver on BQE

According to police, Chasna Thelemaque, 37, was in the rear passenger seat of a Toyota RAV4 when she opened the door at around 2:30am. The Toyota was traveling westbound on the BQE, approaching exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge.

A Brooklyn woman is dead after she tumbled out of a moving SUV on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Sunday morning and was struck by a drunk driver, who is now facing a slew of charges including vehicular manslaughter, according to the NYPD. Police say Chasna Thelemaque, 37, was in the rear passenger seat of a Toyota RAV4 when she opened the door at around 2:30am. The Toyota was traveling westbound on the BQE, approaching Exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge. More on this from News 12 Brooklyn.




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