Defendant Allegedly Intoxicated, Driving 100 mph
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Westchester County man has been indicted on Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Vehicular Manslaughter, Driving While Intoxicated and other related charges for allegedly killing two men on mopeds as he drove his car on the Bronx River Parkway at twice the speed limit while intoxicated.
District Attorney Clark said, “This was an egregious case of recklessness and negligence, leading to the deaths of two young men. We will not tolerate anyone who would turn our roads into speedways and put other drivers in danger.”
District Attorney Clark said, the defendant, Mauricio Neyra, 21, of White Plains, NY, was arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Timothy Lewis on Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, first-degree Vehicular Manslaughter, two counts of second-degree Vehicular Manslaughter, two counts of second-degree Manslaughter, two counts of Criminally Negligent Homicide, two counts of second-degree Assault , Reckless Driving, Driving While Intoxicated, and Driving While Ability Impaired. Bail was set at $25,000/50,000/50,000 partially secured bond. He is due back in court on July 22, 2026.
According to the investigation, on August 11, 2025, at approximately 1 a.m., in the vicinity of the Bronx River Parkway and East 223 Street, the defendant is alleged to have been driving a black 2019 Mercedes Benz sedan when he struck and killed Enrique Martinez, 21, and Manuel Amarante Penalo, 19, who were travelling on the Parkway on mopeds. An analysis of the Mercedes’ event data recorder (black box) revealed that the car was travelling at a speed of 100 mph, double the posted speed limit of 50mph, just before the collision. A chemical test of the defendant’s blood taken later that morning revealed that the defendant had a reading of .08 of one per centum by weight of alcohol in his blood.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Police Officer Brian Kehoe of the Highway Collision Investigation Squad for his work in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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