Accident Scene Described in Manslaughter Trial

By SHANNYCE LASHLEY & SARAH ALLAM

A Brooklyn detective testifying on Tuesday about the hit-and-run incident that killed a young couple and their unborn child in Williamsburg in March 2013, gave graphic details of the scene, including the T-boned livery cab and how the body of the female victim was catapulted out of the car, landing under a parked tractor.

The testimony came on the second day of the Brooklyn Supreme Court trial of Julio Acevedo, 46, who was accused of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and fleeing the scene after slamming a borrowed BMW into the livery cab that was driving Nathan Glauber and his pregnant wife Raizy, both 21, to the hospital for tests.

The first witness, accident reconstruction expert Detective Patrick J. Roney, gave his account based on photographs of the accident. The photos showed that Acevedo’s BMW T-boned and shattered the livery car carrying the Glaubers. Acevedo was driving at about 70 mph, more than double the legal speed limit, prosecutors allege. The impact pinned Nathan Glauber to the back of the car and ejected Raizy Glauber from the car. She was almost seven months pregnant.

“I believe it was the speed of the BMW and the damage to the taxi,” Roney said when the ADA asked him about the cause of the accident. Roney also said that there were skid marks on the road that were made by both vehicles.

The second witness, Detective Arthur Molnar, described how he made Acevedo turn himself in after three days at large.

According to Molnar, he received a phone call on March 6 from someone who claimed to have information on Acevedo, asking him to meet them at Grand Central Station.

“Upon my arrival there, the person told me that they have Julio on the line and I spoke with him and explained to him the entire situation. Then he agreed for me to meet him in Pennsylvania where he was staying,” Molnar said.

Acevedo surrendered after Molnar arrived in Pennsylvania.
On Monday the jury heard testimony on how the police found Acevedo’s fingerprints on a bag of frozen rats that was in the car and his DNA particles on the airbag. The presence of frozen rats was not explained.

The accident killed the Glaubers instantly. Their son was delivered by emergency C-section, but died the next morning. The cab driver was treated for injuries and later released.

If convicted, Acevedo could face life in prison.