Overview
- The crash that struck Amsterdam Avenue near West 109th Street Friday around 6 p.m. killed 46-year-old Jason Negron and 35-year-old Michael Saint-Hilaire and injured three others.
- A Manhattan judge set $250,000 bail Monday for 61-year-old Elvin Suarez, who faces charges including aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter.
- Prosecutors said a hospital test measured Suarez’s blood alcohol level at 0.131, with video showing him speeding and jumping a bike-lane median before impact.
- Investigators reported his Mercedes hit a parked van and set off a chain collision that pushed into other cars before the SUV struck people outside a barbershop.
- Police say the episode does not appear intentional as the Collision Investigation Squad reviews footage and tests, and Suarez is due back in court May 21.