Driver in hit-and-run that killed DOC employee outdoors Yankee Stadium charged with manslaughter

The driver accused of hitting and killing a city Correction Department worker with his car outdoors Yankee Stadium was charged with manslaughter and held on $20,000 bail Saturday.

Carlos Hernandez, 24, was rushing and ran a purple mild when he slammed his BMW X6 into 69-year-old Cathy Garcia’s Mitsubishi Outlander, prosecutors stated in Bronx Criminal Court.

Hernandez and two others within the automotive, Edwin Amparo and Atahualda Rodriguez, fled the 5:15 a.m. Thursday crash, however turned themselves in a day later, stated police, who discovered several catalytic converters within the deserted BMW.

Cathy Garcia’s Mitsubishi Outlander was hit outdoors Yankee Stadium.

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Hernandez was charged with manslaughter. — Carlos Hernandez was rushing and ran a purple mild earlier than the deadly hit-and-run, prosecutors stated.

The man waiting for a taxi is Edwin Amparo — Edwin Amparo is going through grand larceny expenses.

Prosecutors initially sought $150,000 bail for Hernandez, however Judge Lisa Headley rejected the request.

Amparo, 29, and Rodriguez, 28, had been every arraigned individually Saturday on grand larceny expenses, and launched on their very own recognizance. They declined to remark as they left courtroom.

Hernandez, who will probably be electronically monitored if he makes bail, is subsequent due in courtroom Sept. 6. None of the three have prison data, in accordance with police.

Garcia — who has labored within the Application Investigation Unit for the town Corrections division since 2018 — was on her solution to work and simply blocks from her residence when the lethal wreck occurred.