Posted on: May 10, 2021 03:27 PM

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Hempstead woman indicted for killing NYPD officer in fatal hit and run crash last month

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jessica Beauvais, 32, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury charging her with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and other crimes for allegedly driving while intoxicated and striking a New York City Highway Police Officer on the Long Island Expressway in the early morning hours of April 27, 2021. The responding officer was struck with such force he was thrown nearly 40 feet in the air. The arraignment is on May 25.