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Harlem Driver Charged With Manslaughter in Apollo-Area Crash That Killed Delivery Cyclist

Prosecutors charged 49-year-old Kevin Crosby with manslaughter over a suspected DUI crash documented on surveillance video.

Overview

  • Police say a red Hyundai Tucson lost control just after 8 p.m. Thursday on West 125th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard, steps from the Apollo Theater.
  • The crash killed 28-year-old delivery worker Darly Zacarias and left a 33-year-old cyclist in critical condition, with three additional people injured in vehicles that were struck.
  • Kevin Crosby, 49, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with manslaughter and operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
  • Investigators say the Hyundai hit two cyclists, then a Toyota RAV4, an occupied parked Lexus, an unoccupied NYPD cruiser, and an unoccupied tractor‑trailer.
  • Surveillance footage and witnesses describe the car dragging victims and continuing forward, as police review video and statements to piece together the sequence of events.