Brooklyn Man Indicted for Manslaughter for Two Deaths After Running Red Light

By Hamodia Staff

FDNY examining the driver’s vehicle. (Levi (Zuppy) Zupnik)

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Brooklyn man, accused of speeding and running a red light which caused his car to crash which resulted in two people dying and five people being injured, has been indicted for manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, criminally negligent homicide and other charges.

District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This defendant’s alleged extreme recklessness caused the senseless deaths of two innocent people and inflicted serious injuries on others. New Yorkers deserve safe streets, and I am committed to holding accountable any driver who endangers the public with this kind of senseless and illegal conduct.”

Vitaliy Konoplyov, 49, of Coney Island, Brooklyn was identified as the defendant, and was arraigned Wednesday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on a 20-count indictment. He was charged with second-degree manslaughter, second- and third-degree assault, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree reckless endangerment, and related charges. He is currently being held on bail of $1 million bond or $250,000 cash. The defendant was ordered to return to court on June 21, 2023.

According to the investigation, the defendant was driving a 2015 white Toyota Camry southbound on 18th Avenue at approximately 12:48 p.m. on March 20, 2023. He allegedly was speeding and driving through multiple red lights when he struck a 2016 black Honda HR-V being driven eastbound on 64th Street by Stancho Stanchev, 51.

Stanchev’s vehicle began to spin, jumped the curb, and struck a pedestrian, Leung Yuet, 65, and then struck a 2021 silver Chevy Equinox which was being driven southbound on 18th Avenue by a 71-year-old man. Yuet was declared dead at the scene. Stanchev was taken to Maimonides Hospital, where he was declared dead. Stanchev’s passenger, 49, suffered serious brain injuries. The 71-year-old man was not injured.

Two passengers inside of Konoplyov’s vehicle: a 32-year-old man, taken to Maimonides Hospital and treated for minor injuries, and a 46-year-old man, taken to NYU Langone Hospital with significant injuries to the face and left hand.

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