Devastated family members at the scene of the crash. (G.N. Miller)
Pieces of the death car were left scattered by the guardrail on the Grand Central Parkway. (G.N. Miller)
Anil Persuad, 18, was killed in the crash. (
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A teenage couple, who had a 14-month old daughter, died together early this morning in a horrific crash on the Grand Central Parkway when they were ejected from the back seat of a car driven by an intoxicated driver, cops said.
Driver Madosh Hansraj, 20, was speeding in his 1996 Honda Civic, when he lost control, veered off the roadway and slammed into a guardrail near Utopia Parkway at 3:50 a.m., cops said.
The bodies of couple Meera Dukharan, 17 and Anil Persuad, 18, flew out of the car and landed close to each other, though on opposite sides of the guardrail. They were both dead.
Another passenger, Brian George, 17, was also ejected and is serious condition.
Cops charged Hansraj today with two counts of manslaughter, felony assault, criminally negligent homicide, illegal speed, speeding and driving while ability impaired.
Two other male passengers, 19 and 21, were injured. Hansraj was unscathed.
Richmond George, 43, told The Post he was shaken this morning when his ex-wife called about their son Brian at 5:30 a.m.
“My wife called me and told me my son is dead. I got up put my clothes on got in my car but I couldn’t drive,” he said.
His teen was cut up from the crash and doctors said he had internal bleeding.
“When I saw my son his face was bloodied and bruised. It was swollen. They hadn’t clean him up yet,” he said.
”What happened?” George asked his son.
“He says he doesn’t remember anything,” he said. “He only remembers bumping his head and then he woke up here. He was saying he wanted to go home.”
It was a relief to see him even in such bad shape, he said.
“I was scared that when I come here I would have to identify a body but I’m happy I didn’t,” George said.
“When I saw him I felt better. But I’m also sad because his two best friends died,” he added. “They were two kids. They just had a baby.”
“Whatever I can do to help the baby I will,” he said. “Somebody has to. Her mother and father are not here anymore…….just 14 months old.”
The teens had gone out to shoot pool the night of the crash.
“My older son said they wanted him to go with them but he said no so my younger son went,” George said.
He cried at his son’s bedside where he planned to stay all night. George had no words for the driver.
“I don’t even want to talk about the driver right now,” he said. “He was drinking and driving. I don’t even want to see him right now.”