Driver in NYC horror crash that killed 2 held without bail as twisted new details revealed
The driver of a stolen rental car left two bystanders “severely dismembered” before fleeing the fatal crash soaked in blood – leaving an open bottle of tequila and two 9 mm guns in the wreck, Manhattan prosecutors revealed Tuesday.
The new details emerged as 23-year-old Autumn Donna Ascencio Romero was arraigned on murder, manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges and ordered held without bail in the horrific Saturday morning crash that killed both bystanders in Chinatown.
Romero and passenger Kennedy Lecraft, 22, who rented the blue 2024 Chevy Malibu and failed to return it, are charged in the caught-on-video crash that killed 63-year-old May Kwok and Chase bank manager and cycling enthusiast Kevin Scott Cruickshank, 55.
Lecroft was arraigned Monday on charges of possession of stolen property and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and was ordered held on $150,000 cash bail or a $300,000 bond.
Romero was already facing charges for seriously injuring a 22-year-old woman in Brooklyn in another traffic mishap in April.
Disturbing footage of the Saturday morning crash shows Cruickshank riding his bike just moments before he and Kwok were brutally dismembered by the speeding vehicle.
