{"id":68351,"date":"2025-07-16T23:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68351\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:07:12","slug":"driver-doing-donuts-in-nyc-parking-lot-fatally-strikes-girlfriend-is-arrested-for-negligent-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68351\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver doing donuts in NYC parking lot fatally strikes girlfriend, is arrested for negligent homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young driver doing donuts in a Brooklyn mall parking lot lost control and fatally struck his girlfriend \u2014 landing him in jail on negligent homicide charges, police sources said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Cando, 24, was allegedly doing the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/20\/news\/donut-driver-charged-with-assault-for-crushed-passengers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dangerous spinning trick<\/a> in a luxury car at the Gateway Center lot in East New York around 12:30 a.m Sunday when he slammed into Madisyn Ruiz, 21, who was sitting on a curb nearby, according to cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tragic crash left Ruiz, of Jamaica, Queens, in critical condition and an EMS treated her at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:2.08553971;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36557975\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/man-arrested-crash-killed-pedestrian-108259762.jpg\" alt=\"mall parking lot\" class=\"wp-image-36557975\"  \/>Zachary Cando lost control of the car in the Gateway Center lot at around 12:30 a.m Sunday  news12<\/p>\n<p>She was then rushed to Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Cando, also of Jamaica, Queens,\u00a0remained in the parking lot, near shops such as Best Buy and an Old Navy, until police arrived.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.80599647;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36557976\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/man-arrested-crash-killed-pedestrian-108259750.jpg\" alt=\"Arrest made in connection with fatal East New York crash.\" class=\"wp-image-36557976\"  \/>Police charged Zachary Cando with negligent homicide. news12<\/p>\n<p>He was\u00a0later charged with criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p>The luxury white 2023 Genesis G80 he\u2019d been driving was badly dented in the front when police arrived, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned Sunday and his bail\u00a0was set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young driver doing donuts in a Brooklyn mall parking lot lost control and fatally struck his 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