Boozy driver floored it in bridge crash: DA

back of the car was gone and we could see straight through to the outside,” Hoyte told cops.

Hoyte claimed to cops after the crash he was driving 50 to 60 mph, court records show. The speed limit on the bridge is 35 mph.

Prosecutors revealed Thursday investigators found he was actually going 111 mph, more than triple the speed limit.

Hoyte boozed for three hours with his passengers before the wreck, video obtained by prosecutors revealed.

“You can literally count how many drinks the defendant was drinking,” Ante said in court Thursday. “Six test tube shots of vodka, two shots of vodka, and one to two mixed drinks that contained vodka.”

Hoyte claimed to investigators he “hit some black ice” and only had one or two drinks, Ante added.

His blood alcohol level was .12%, well over the legal limit of .08%, she said.

After he took a Breathalyzer test at the scene he asked the cop who administered it, “Am I over the limit? What’s the limit?” according to court records.

Hoyte is charged with drunken driving, vehicular manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

He was out on $100,000 bail when he showed up for the court appearance Thursday, during which a $250,000.

Ante asked the judge to keep him in jail until the trial based on the new evidence.

Hoyte’s attorney, Lawrence Fagenson, on Thursday blamed bad weather conditions and an obstruction on the bridge.

“The accident happened immediately after a snowstorm,” he said. “The defense identified a witness, that had absolutely no connection to the defendant, who called 311 about three hours before the accident.”

Mark Stein, who has an apartment overlooking the Williamsburg Bridge, called 311 three hours before the crash to complain about a concrete obstruction judge reset bail at in the middle of the bridge he felt was unsafe, the lawyer said.

“It’s very possible he sped up the car in order to avoid that concrete obstruction,” Fagenson said.

During the hearing one of Miner’s relatives cried as details of her last night were outlined.

Miner was studying to become a social worker and once spent her spring break volunteering for Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans. She also worked with teen mothers and homeless families who live near her college, family and friends said.