🚑 NYC TLC Driver Killed In Brooklyn Crash

NYC TLC driver Stancho Stanchev was one of two fatalities related to a reckless (non-TLC) driver who has now been charged with manslaughter. Video captured traumatic scenes in Brooklyn

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The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission confirmed that TLC-licensed driver Stancho Stanchev was one of two fatalities related to a crash in Brooklyn. Cops charged Vitaliy Konoplyov, 49, with manslaughter and aggravated unlicensed operation. Konoplyov, of Coney Island (Brooklyn), was in a hospital on Tuesday.

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Our sincerest condolences to the friends, family, and loved ones of TLC driver Stancho Stanchev, who was tragically killed in a vehicle crash on Monday. As @NYPDnews investigates, TLC stands in solidarity with our licensees and all New Yorkers in grieving for Stancho Stanchev.

New York Daily News @NYDailyNews

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According to New York Daily News reporting, Mr. Stanchev, 51, died when a speeding Toyota Camry blew through a red light in Bensonhurst and crashed into his Honda CR-V. Based on NYC Open Data public disclosures, a for-hire vehicle associated with Mr. Stanchev’s name is attached to the VIN of a 2022 Toyota Highlander. Given the Daily News also reported that Stanchev’s wife was with him in the SUV and remains hospitalized, it appears he was not working for-hire at the time of the accident. A 60-year-old pedestrian also lost their life in the incident.

“I want justice to be served…Like straight up. Since he destroyed my family, I can’t say I wish him the same, I don’t want to wish bad to any individuals, but he f----d my life so.

“There’s nothing to say to him. What’s going to change? He already f---d my life up.”

- Stancho Stanchev’s stepson Rezo Bunturi, 26

Our condolences go out to the Mr. Stanchev’s family, friends and loved ones & all those impacted by this tragic event.

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