Brooklyn crash: Driver arraigned in deadly Bensonhurst crash; held on $250k bail

Friday, March 24, 2023
BENSONHURST, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A man in Brooklyn was arraigned after Monday's deadly car crash in Bensonhurst that left two dead and five others injured.

Vitaliy Konoplyov, 49, is being held on $250,000 cash bail, and $1 million bond.
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According to the complaint, Konoplyov was "trying to beat the light" at the corner of 18th Ave and 64th Street when he struck one of the victim's Honda HR-V, which spun out of control into a pedestrian in the crosswalk.


The 60-year-old pedestrian crossing the street has been identified as Leung Yuet, and the 51-year-old driving the Honda was Stancho Stanchev. Both victims were killed, while at least five other people were injured.
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Konoplyov, who was driving with a suspended license for failing to pay his summons, was charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated unlicensed operator of a motor vehicle.

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