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A passenger “exited” her moving Uber on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Sunday — and was then struck and killed by a drunken driver, according to police and law-enforcement sources.
The fatal incident occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on the westbound expressway as it approached Exit 28 in DUMBO, the NYPD said.
Chasna Thelemaque, 37, of Prospect Park South in Brooklyn was riding in the back of a Toyota Rav4 — which sources said was an Uber — when she “exited” out of the moving vehicle’s rear door and landed onto the right lane of the 50 mph highway, police said.
It was unclear whether she may have fallen or bolted from the car.
Thelemaque was then struck and killed by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, who was intoxicated, according to cops.
Mendez, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, was charged with vehicular assault, vehicular manslaughter, DWI and driving while ability impaired, police said.
The driver transporting Thelemaque — a 33-year-old man — remained on the scene, according to the NYPD.
The Rav4 and the Elantra did not collide, police said.
