Mahbub Ali, 26, being led out of the 13th Precinct on Monday, June 5.
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The allegedly drunk driver who killed a cyclist and injured four others during an evening bender behind the wheel in Gramercy has been indicted on vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.
A grand jury voted to serve charges against Queens resident Mahbub Ali, 26, on counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, and driving while intoxicated, among others, in relation to the devastating June 4 crash near Gramercy Park that left 22-year-old Turkish migrant Abdulhekim Esiyok dead and four others injured.
Ali had reportedly been drinking all day on June 4 before getting behind the wheel that evening. He started his bender around noon at Sunday brunch in the Financial District, according to the DA’s office, before hitting up another spot and downing more and more drinks.
At around 7:30 p.m., Ali was allegedly speeding up Third Avenue in a Hyundai sedan with a passenger in the front seat when, at the intersection with 21st Street, he struck Esiyok, who was riding a bicycle. Esiyok was ejected from his bike and flung into the air across the intersection, and sustained severe traumatic injuries when he landed. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital but could not be saved.
Following that, Ali allegedly crashed his car into the sidewalk, hitting a light pole and an NYPD van.
An 18-year-old e-biker was injured when the car recoiled and struck him from the rear, knocking him from the bicycle, while two pedestrians were struck by debris. One of the pedestrians suffered both a brain injury and a compound leg fracture, which required hospitalization, while the other also fractured their leg. Ali’s passenger had to be removed by first responders from the totaled Hyundai, and received stitches at the hospital.
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