Pregnant woman, 23, dies in Staten Island crash as her ‘drunk’ boyfriend is charged with manslaughter
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PICTURED: Pregnant woman, 23, killed in Staten Island crash when her ‘drunk’ boyfriend driving over 100 mph is charged with manslaughter: Dodge Challenger hit utility pole and broke in THREE parts when she was thrown from the car
- Adriana Sylmetaj, 24, died along with her baby after an accident in Staten Island
- Adem Nikeziq, 30, who was allegedly drunk, crashed a Dodge Challenger
- The car hit a wooden post and broke in three – Sylmetaj died on the spot
A 23-year-old pregnant woman has died along with her unborn baby after her allegedly drunk partner crashed a Dodge Challenger while traveling at more than 100 mph through Staten Island.
Adriana Sylmetaj was ejected from the car when it collided with a utility pole around 5am Sunday morning, causing the vehicle to break into three pieces.
Her boyfriend, Adem Nikeziq, 30, was charged with manslaughter, negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated, among other things, an NYPD spokesman said.
Pregnant woman Adriana Sylmetaj, 24, was killed along with her baby after her allegedly drunk partner crashed a Dodge Challenger in Staten Island
Adriana Sylmetaj was ejected from the car when it collided with a utility pole around 5am Sunday morning, causing the vehicle to break into three pieces.
The severity of the impact was reported to have caused Sylmetaj to be thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Albanian couple was traveling south on Hylan Boulevard in New Dorp at 4:44 a.m. when Nikesiq lost control. The vehicle struck a barrier wall before spinning and crashing into a wooden utility pole, police said.
The severity of the impact was reported to have caused Sylmetaj to be thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
Nikeziq, a county resident, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North after police noticed he was drunk, the spokesman said.
A baby registry at BuyBuy Baby listed Nikesiq and Sylmetaj of Great Kills as expecting parents. The child was due in April, according to the website.
Nikeziq was allegedly drunk when he crashed the car while traveling over 100 mph
The vehicle struck a barrier wall before spinning and crashing into a wooden utility pole, police said.
The severity of the impact caused Sylmetaj to be thrown from the car. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
In a tribute posted to Sylmetaj online, Nikeziq was described as “an embarrassment to the Albanian community.”
“He’s going to be gone for the rest of his life and that’s still not good enough for that piece of shit,” a grieving relative of Sylmetaj told the Post outside his home on Sunday.
“They couldn’t save the baby,” she said. ‘We’re never going to be okay. None of us. We have experienced a terrible tragedy.
‘I don’t understand how he [utility] the pole is still standing,’ Mario Basso, owner of H20 Auto Spa near the crash site, told The Post. ‘He was hit so hard.’
Images of the wrecked car emerged after the pregnant woman was killed
The scene after the fatal accident
A tire removed from the vehicle is seen after