Woman Killed In Car Crash, Boyfriend Charged With DWI

A Brooklyn man was charged with criminally negligent homicide and DWI after an early Sunday morning car crash that left his girlfriend dead. Jose Sandoval had been on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Staten Island Expressway when he crashed into the guardrail near the Richmond Avenue exit, and Lucia Negrete was thrown from the car.

Negrete was pronounced dead at the scene; Sandoval's blood alcohol was reportedly 0.239—three times the legal limit. According to the Daily News, "Investigators believe Sandoval was going more than 80 mph when he hit a puddle and skidded into the right guardrail, police said. The car then spun across the highway and collided with the center median, tossing Negrete through a window." The News also explains, "The boozed-up Sandoval weighs 170 pounds, meaning he had drunk the equivalent of 13 beers in the four hours before the crash."

Relatives and friends say that Negrete, a math teacher who gave time to students and her church's youth group, tried to keep "Sandoval on the straight and narrow." A friend added, "It's like two tragedies at the same time. He probably made the wrong decision that he's going to have to pay for."

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By Jen Chung in News on November 2, 2009 1:55 PM

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FKLane_gurrl

this is one of the teachers in my school of Franklin K.Lane.

Ms.Negrete i hope you rest in heaven n may god heal all of your wounds.

we all miss you very much n we all love you.

some of us don't know you but we pay you the respect just like everyone else.

its sad to know that you're gone but you gave the students the education they really needed n the catholic church the help they also needed.

you've been a great teacher for Franklin K.Lane HighSchool and we thank you for everything you have given us through the years.

may you rest in peace now and forever.

Sincerely the school of Franklin K.Lane

claudiachloe

"probably made the wrong decision"?? Uh, yeah.

nicemarmot

SEAT BELTS!!!

But I guess if you're dumb enough to drive drunk, you're dumb enough to not wear your seatbelt while doing it.

schadenfreudian mensch

but is competent enough to teach your kids math. Go figure. I feel sorry for those kids future.

mdow

NYPD is preparing its job offer to Sandoval...

Kojak

Lucia, why WHY did you get into the car with that drunk? Who cares if he's your 'boo'.

jibbly

Probably because she was blind, stinking drunk too. If she were sober and wearing a seat belt she probably would not been thrown from the car.