Updated 2:50 p.m.
A woman has been charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated following an accident on the Belt Parkway Monday that left a 29-year-old man dead, cops said.
An Infiniti sedan, driven by 28-year-old Sharlene Numa, of Roosevelt, N.Y., was traveling eastbound down the parkway about 4:15 a.m. when she rear-ended a Mercedes near Springfield Boulevard and Merrick Boulevard, officials said. Her car then overturned around South Conduit Avenue and Brookville Boulevard.
The driver of the Mercedes, an 18-year-old man, was taken to Franklin Hospital in stable condition, according to police. Both occupants of the second vehicle were taken to Jamaica Hospital, where the passenger, 29-year-old Kendall Heard, of Freeport, N.Y., was pronounced dead.
Numa has been charged with manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and DWI, police said.
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