WABC 7 reports, "An off-duty school safety agent was allegedly drunk when she slammed her car into a tree in the Bronx, killing one passenger and injuring another. Police say 25-year-old Mariely Gonzalez lost control of her 1999 Toyota Camry, traveling westbound on Orchard Beach Road in Pelham Bay Park just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday night." Gonzalez's front seat passenger was killed while the back seat passenger suffered a fractured spinal cord. Gonzalez, who broke her back and leg, faces charges of "aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, reckless driving, and refusal to take a breathalyzer."
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