Driver sentenced for Hunts Point reckless crash that killed Rockland County teen, Brooklyn man
Enrique Lopez will serve three and a third to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in addition to three and a half years and three years post-release supervision for assault after pleading guilty for the Jan. 21, 2024 crash.
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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark says the driver responsible for a reckless crash in Hunts Point was sentenced to several years in prison. The crash took the lives of a Rockland County teen and a Brooklyn man.
Enrique Lopez, 25, of Queens, will serve 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in addition to 3 1/2 years and 3 years post-release supervision for assault after pleading guilty to the Jan. 21, 2024, crash.
Prosecutors say Lopez lost control of his 2013 Chrysler 300 while doing stunts and slammed into a fuel truck just after 3 a.m., killing Sabrina Villa-Gomez-Gonzalez, 15, and Gilvante Roberston, 21.
A third passenger, Aaliyah Torres, 17, also of Rockland County, was left fighting for her life.
"A 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man were killed and a 17-year-old girl's life is now a battle with pain and suffering, because of the defendant's reckless stunt driving in a car meet-up in Hunts Point," said Clark.
Those stunts included spinning in circles steps away from bystanders, and going around 45 mph over the speed limit while driving the Chrysler, which investigators say was equipped with a stolen engine.
"His car slammed into a fuel oil truck, and it is fortunate that more lives were not ruined. I hope this sentence brings some consolation to the victim and to the families of the dead," said Clark.
