Defendant Struck Child With SUV That Jumped a Curb
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
indicted on Criminally Negligent Homicide and additional charges in the vehicular crash that
killed a 20-month-old girl.
District Attorney Clark said, “The vehicle the defendant was driving jumped on a sidewalk
where a mother had stopped to feed her daughter, who was in a stroller. The defendant’s actions
caused the death of the baby. My condolences to the mother who saw her child die in such a tragic
way.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Kier Boneparte, 22, of East 215 Street, was
arraigned today on Criminally Negligent Homicide, Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without
Reporting and Violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law before Bronx Supreme Court Justice
George Villegas. The defendant was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court
on March 31, 2020.
According to the investigation, in the afternoon of September 17, 2019, the defendant was
allegedly driving a 2002 BMW SUV without a driver’s license, while the car’s owner sat in the
passenger seat. At White Plains Road and East 215 Street, the defendant attempted to make a
right turn and lost control. The vehicle jumped the curb, going directly towards a woman who
was standing on the sidewalk while her daughter, Djeneba Magassa, sat in a stroller. The child
was pinned between the vehicle and a wall. Witnesses helped free the child and she was taken to
Montefiore Medical Center. Djeneba sustained blunt force injuries to her head and torso and was
pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
According to the investigation, the defendant left the crash scene and walked down the
street. Police Officers stopped him and took him into custody.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detectives Frank Cardamone and Jose Diaz of the
Collision Investigation Division for their assistance in the investigation. District Attorney Clark
also thanked NYPD Police Officers Felix Tejada and Alexis Almanzar of the 47th Precinct.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
