Driver indicted after high-speed crash kills teen on Cross Island Parkway
Mohammad Sk allegedly drove about 110 mph south on the Cross Island Parkway before the 2:30 a.m. October 12, 2024, crash; prosecutors say 17-year-old passenger Mohammad Rafid died five days later, while the official record lists one person killed and five injured.
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What We Know
Queens prosecutors allege Sk had consumed alcohol and marijuana before driving south at about 110 mph on the Cross Island Parkway. They say he lost control and struck a guardrail; the official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and counts one person killed and five injured. Prosecutors say Rafid was hospitalized and died on October 17, five days after the crash. Sk was indicted on 12 counts and faces up to 25 years if convicted.
Prosecutors describe a rollover after a guardrail impact.
Queens prosecutors say Sk was driving five teenage passengers south in a 2014 Nissan when he lost control, swerved across the roadway and hit a guardrail on the right shoulder. They say the vehicle spun, rolled and came to rest on its roof in the center lane.
The crash happened on the southbound parkway.
The official record places the crash on the Cross Island Parkway at 2:30 a.m. on October 12, 2024. Prosecutors place it between Exits 32 and 31 and cite a 50-mph speed limit there.
Speed and impairment are part of the prosecution's allegations.
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. Prosecutors allege Sk had consumed alcohol and smoked marijuana before driving. They say the car's data recorder showed a speed of about 110 mph with no brake activation two and a half seconds before the crash.
Rafid died five days after the crash.
Queens prosecutors identify Mohammad Rafid, 17, as a rear-seat passenger and say he suffered severe head and body trauma. QNS reported that he was taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, declared brain dead on October 15, and died on October 17.
Prosecutors say four other teenage passengers were injured and describe fractures and abrasions among several passengers. The official record counts five people injured.
Sk faces a possible 25-year sentence if convicted.
The Queens District Attorney's Office says Sk, 19, was indicted on 12 counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, assault and impaired-driving offenses. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. The charges are accusations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.