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Female Passenger Killed After Porsche Crashes Into Parked School Bus: NYPD

By  Nicholas Rizzi and Ben Fractenberg | December 18, 2015 12:25pm 

 A woman died after the driver of the Porsche she was riding in crashed into a parked school bus, police said. The driver, Kyung Song, was arrested and charged with DWI.
A woman died after the driver of the Porsche she was riding in crashed into a parked school bus, police said. The driver, Kyung Song, was arrested and charged with DWI.
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QUEENS — A drunk driver crashed his Porsche into a parked school bus early Friday, killing his female passenger, police said.

Kyung Song, 29, was speeding in his 2014 black two-door sports car on Sanford Avenue, near Murray Street, at 3:38 a.m., when he collided with an unattended yellow school bus, the NYPD said.

The unidentified female passenger in the Porsche suffered severe body trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency workers, police said.

Song, of Island Park, Long Island, was transported to Booth Memorial Hospital in stable condition, police said.

Song — whose eyes appeared bloodshot and water and who smelled like booze — told police he was driving 33 miles an hour going around a curve when his tires slipped, causing him to slam into the back of bus, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office. 

Song then told investigators he drank six beers and three shots at a bar before getting into his Porsche.

He had a blood alcohol level of .176, more than double the legal limit, the DA's Office added. 

Song was charged with vehicular homicide, criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 

He is facing up to 15 years in prison. 

"This was an absolutely senseless tragedy with deadly consequences for an innocent young woman," Queens DA Richard Brown said in a statement. "During this holiday season, motorists must be very mindful of how deadly motor vehicles can be and the consequences of climbing behind the wheel after drinking."

There was no attorney information immediately available for Song.