{"id":365558,"date":"2026-10-06T05:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365558\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T05:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:58:19","slug":"college-grad-23-killed-in-nyc-crash-on-way-home-from-birthday-party-now-driver-is-charged-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365558\/","title":{"rendered":"College grad, 23, killed in NYC crash on way home from birthday party &#8212; now driver is charged: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A drugged up driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter after he flipped his car in Queens, killing a 23-year-old passenger in the packed car on the way home from a birthday party, cops said. <\/p>\n<p>Recent Brooklyn College grad Arrianna Arregui, 23, was riding in the backseat of a gray Honda Accord when the driver, Anthony Dickson, 34, lost control on the Grand Central Parkway near the Steinway overpass just after 4 a.m. Sunday, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The left rear wheel of the Honda struck the curb line dividing the highway before the car skidded sideways, overturned and knocked over a light pole, according to cops.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.74804688;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41153920\" width=\"441\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/23-year-old-woman-identified-143888361.jpg\" alt=\"Recent college grad Arianna Arregui, 23, was killed in a crash on the Grand Central Parkway on Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-41153920\"\/>Recent college grad Arianna Arregui, 23, was killed in a crash on the Grand Central Parkway on Sunday. ABC 7<\/p>\n<p>Arregui, who suffered severe head and body trauma, was taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had just graduated from Brooklyn College this year with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology, according to the college\u2019s records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my daughter,\u201d Arregui\u2019s grief-stricken father, Johnny Arregui, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/10\/04\/drunk-driver-flips-car-queens-grand-central-parkway-crash-killing-woman-backseat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the New York Daily News<\/a>. \u201cI can\u2019t believe my daughter flew out the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was five people in the car,\u201d he added. \u201cShe was in the backseat in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.97477064;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41153929\" width=\"575\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/23-year-old-woman-identified-143887980.jpg\" alt=\"Recent college grad Arianna Arregui, 23, was killed in a crash on the Grand Central Parkway on Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-41153929\"\/>Arregui was riding in the middle back seat when the motorist skidded sideways, overturned and knocked over a light pole, according to cops. ABC 7<\/p>\n<p>The driver and three other women riding in the car \u2014 ages 23, 24 and 32 \u2013 were either unharmed or suffered minor injuries, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dickson was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while ability impaired, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police could not confirm whether he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, specifically.<\/p>\n<p>One of the surviving passengers said the crew, all from Brooklyn, had packed into the car on the way home from a friend\u2019s birthday party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cArianna was like family to us,\u201d the woman, who identified herself as the driver\u2019s cousin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/10\/04\/drunk-driver-flips-car-queens-grand-central-parkway-crash-killing-woman-backseat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the News<\/a>. \u201cThe whole car was family. It\u2019s just unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been in my life my whole entire life,\u201d the cousin added.\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous loss for everyone \u2026 She just graduated college. She just got a haircut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dickson\u2019s arraignment was pending Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A drugged up driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter after he flipped his car in Queens, killing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3283,6373,254,83433,40357,57,9,56,63,65,64,122,58],"class_list":["post-365558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-arrests","tag-brooklyn-college","tag-car-crashes","tag-graduates","tag-grand-central-parkway","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}