Two men are dead, three women were hospitalized and one has been arrested and charged following an early morning horrific crash in Fordham Manor.

An NYPD spokesperosn said the incident occurred at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Jerome Avenue at around 4.12 a.m. on Saturday morning, April 13, when cops responded to a 911 call regarding a reported car crash.

The spokesperson said that further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined a 23-year-old male driver was driving a 2022 Gray BMW X4 SUV northbound on Jerome Avenue, apparently at high speed, and drove through a steady red traffic signal, before striking a 2023 Black Nissan Rogue which was traveling eastbound on East Fordham Road.

“After the initial collision, the BMW SUV then struck the support pillar for the elevated train above Jerome Avenue,” the spokesperson said.  “EMS responded to the location and transported the 23-year-old male operator and his 21-year-old male passenger to St. Barnabas Hospital where they were later pronounced deceased.”

The spokesperson said that the 36-year-old female driver of the Nissan Rogue and her two female passengers, a 26-year-old and a 28-year-old, were also transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital where they were all listed in stable condition.

Police said the deceased have been identified as John Delorbe, 23, of Walton Avenue in the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx and Angel Tussan, 21, of Valentine Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.

They said Jamie Winston, [the 36-year-old female driver of the Nissan Rogue] from East Harlem was arrested on Saturday, April 13, at 7.41 a.m. in the 46th Precinct. She was charged with two offenses, driving while intoxicated and driving while her ability was impaired by alcohol. She is deemed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

Norwood News had heard during the course of around one half hour, and had later witnessed what looked like a black car seemingly speeding in loops in the vicinity of the Williamsbridge Oval park and East Gun Hill Road in Norwood at around 1.20 a.m. on Saturday morning but was unable to photograph the vehicle in time before it sped off again. We asked police if potentially that car is one of the vehicles that ended up in the collision and await feedback.

With CIS investigations, the NYPD handles all criminal aspects of the investigation, while NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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