CHEEKTOWAGA, NY : 21-year-old charged with drunk driving, vehicular homicide after Monday crash on Monday, 22nd February 2021

Early Monday morning, just before 4 a.m. in Cheektowaga, a car crash happened that caused the death of a 17-year-old passenger and minor injuries to a 30-year-old passenger.

Police said Thursday the driver, 21-year-old Mkaipa M. Muya, was charged with drunk driving. Leena M. Velez, 17, of Buffalo was ejected from the vehicle and later died.

Police say a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu was driving westbound at "an extremely high speed," according to Cheektowaga Police, on Walden Avenue when it sideswiped a parked car.

The parked car was facing eastbound and on the south side of the roadway. This caused the Malibu to spin out, strike, and sever a National Grid utility pole at the corner of Walden and Hoerner avenues.

At the same time the vehicle hit the pole, the vehicle also hit a building at 1096 Walden. According to MapQuest, 1096 Walden is a home appliance store. The crash caused extensive damage to the building, police say.


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