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Marvens died on Monday at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
By Michael V. Cusenza
A Brooklyn man on Monday succumbed to injuries he incurred when the car he was driving at a high rate of speed on Saturday, Feb. 26 wrapped around a pole at the intersection of 101st Avenue and 115th Street in South Richmond Hill, according to police and the City Department of Transportation.
Michel Marvens, 24, died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
In another development, cops also announced on Monday that an illegal gun was discovered in the wreck—and that Marvens’s two passengers will be charged with possessing the firearm.
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Cops last week handed out literature at the site of the crash to educate the public on the consequences of speeding.
According to crash investigators, on Saturday Feb. 26, at approximately 2:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a car crash in the vicinity of 101st Avenue and 115th Street. Upon arrival, responding officers encountered EMS providing emergency care to Marvens and two 23-year-old men—Dennis Collins and Dariyus Collins—who were involved in the collision. EMS subsequently transported Marvens (vehicle operator) and one of the passengers to JHMC, where Marvens was originally listed in critical condition and the other in stable condition. The additional 23-year-old male was rushed to NY-Presbyterian Hospital Queens, via EMS, in stable condition. The preliminary investigation determined that Marvens was operating a 2011 Infiniti G37 sedan along 101 Avenue when he struck a 2020 Honda Civic which was parked; he then collided with a traffic pole at the intersection of 101 Avenue and 115 Street.
The investigation is ongoing by the City Police Department’s Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad.
Before he died, Marvens was charged with criminal possession of a weapon: loaded firearm, aggravated unlicensed operator of a motor vehicle, license plate violation: improper plates. Both Collinses have been charged with criminal possession of a weapon: loaded firearm.
