FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) — A driver in Queens is charged with manslaughter and DWI in a crash that killed a 1-year-old boy in a stroller.<\/p>\n
It happened Sunday morning at Murray Street and 32nd Avenue in Flushing.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say 57-year-old Elvin Rivera rolled through a stop sign in his white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, accelerated into the intersection and struck the stroller being pushed by the baby’s nanny.<\/p>\n
The 1-year-old boy died at the hospital. The nanny also suffered pain and damage to her right arm.<\/p>\n
Rivera stayed at the scene. Authorities say he failed a field sobriety test, and a drug test taken at the scene detected cocaine and THC in his system. Rivera has an open DWI case in the Bronx from April 2026.<\/p>\n
“This heartbreaking loss of this baby was completely avoidable,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “As alleged, Elvin Rivera got behind the wheel of his pickup truck on a Sunday morning while impaired by both cocaine and THC. He then recklessly ran a stop sign, accelerated through the intersection and plowed into a 1-year-old boy who was being pushed in a stroller and killed the child.”<\/p>\n
He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter in the second degree, vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, assault in the second degree, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol\/drugs, driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug, reckless driving, driving by an unlicensed operator and related charges.<\/p>\n
He faces a potential maximum of five to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge.<\/p>\n
Rivera is due back in court on Oct. 19.<\/p>\n
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