A 19-year-old man was indicted on a manslaughter charge after allegedly driving on Long Island while impaired on drugs and crashing into another vehicle, killing a 30-year-old woman in Old Westbury in December 2021.

 

Arhum Tanveer, of Floral Park, was arraigned on Thursday, Sept. 1, on charges stemming from the December 2021 crash that killed Maricela Donaire, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced.

 

“The defendant was allegedly exceeding 100 mph in his vehicle just before impact, and never made an effort to brake before the deadly collision,” Donnelly said. “As we prosecute this tragic case, our thoughts are with Maricela Donaire’s family.”

 

Tanveer was allegedly driving a 2016 BMW 340i xDrive east on Jericho Turnpike in Old Westbury at about 10:40 p.m. on December 12, 2021, when the BMW struck Donaire's 2009 Chevrolet Impala that was pulling out of the driveway of Westbury Manor, the DA's Office reported.