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KINGS COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
INDICTMENT IN DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENT
NEW VEHICULAR
ASSAULT CHARGE USED FOR FIRST TIME
Brooklyn, January 30, 2006 –
Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the
indictment of Jiankai Huang, 29, on charges of
Vehicular Assault in the First Degree, Assault in
the Second Degree and Driving While Intoxicated. It
is the first time the Brooklyn District Attorney’s
Office has charged Vehicular Assault in the First
Degree, which went into effect November 1, 2006.
Huang is charged with causing an
accident that injured several people, when he ran a
red light at the intersection of 65th
Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. With a
blood-alcohol level of .152 percent, Huang had
nearly twice the legal amount of alcohol in his
system at the time of the incident, 8:18 A.M.
January 24. He was driving between 40 and 50 miles
per hour.
Six people were injured in the multi-car
accident, including a passenger in Huang’s car and
two students walking to McKinley Junior High School.
One, age 12, suffered two broken arms, two broken
legs, and a lacerated kidney – which had to be
surgically removed. His right foot was amputated.
Another pedestrian, age 25, remains in the hospital
with a crushed pelvis.
The new Vehicular Assault statute can be
charged when two or more people are seriously
injured in a vehicular accident involving an
intoxicated driver.
Huang faces a maximum of seven years in
prison if convicted. He is being held on $100,000
bail. More charges are expected.
Assistant District
Attorney Gayle Dampf-Littman, Chief of the Vehicular
Crimes Bureau, is prosecuting the case.
Contact:
Jonah Bruno
718-250-2300 |
