The off-duty school safety agent who was arrested for drunk driving and aggravated vehicular homicide after a Thursday night crash was actually previously sued by the passenger who was killed. The Post reports that driver Mariely Gonzalez was sued by Veronica Cintron "over a May 2009 car smash-up in which she suffered 'serious and permanent injuries,' said Alex Goldin, one of her lawyers. In that case, Gonzalez rear-ended another car." Cintron had been sitting in the front passenger seat and was declared dead at the scene; another passenger, Darrell Ford, suffered a broken spinal cord. Gonzalez, who suffered a broken leg and back, was also charged with refusing a Breathalyzer (police drew her blood at the hospital).
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